First residence permits — education

In 2018, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 45.9% compared to 2017, reaching 2,339.

Latvia accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 397,717.

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 189.5% (from 808 in 2013).

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