First residence permits — work

In 2024, Latvia's first residence permits decreased by 7.3% compared to 2023, reaching 3,558.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Latvia ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.0% (from 4,447 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.