LV · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Latvia, 2016
In 2016, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 5.0% compared to 2015, reaching 6,037.
Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.
Latvia ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 51.6% (from 3,982 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.