First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Latvia's first-time asylum applications increased by 61.6% compared to 2024, reaching 1,285.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 669,820.

Latvia ranks 19th 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 756.7% (from 150 in 2020).

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