LV · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Latvia, 2013
In 2013, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 35.5% compared to 2012, reaching 7,615.
Latvia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,643,350.
Latvia ranks 20th 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 1.2% (from 7,706 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.