First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 14.6% compared to 2018, reaching 10,143.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

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 grown by 2.9% (from 9,857 in 2014).

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