Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Latvia's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 142.6% compared to 2023, reaching 655.

Latvia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

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 336.7% (from 150 in 2019).

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