First residence permits issued (total)

In 2022, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 8.0% compared to 2021, reaching 8,790.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.

Latvia ranks 26th 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 32.2% (from 6,647 in 2017).

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