Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Latvia's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 16.2% compared to 2024, reaching 155.

Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

Latvia ranks 21st 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 520.0% (from 25 in 2020).

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