First residence permits — education

In 2016, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 17.6% compared to 2015, reaching 1,314.

Latvia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

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 186.3% (from 459 in 2011).

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