Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2016, Latvia's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 52.9% compared to 2015, reaching 260.

Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,075,745.

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 188.9% (from 90 in 2011).

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