First residence permits — education

In 2020, Latvia's first residence permits decreased by 53.0% compared to 2019, reaching 1,211.

Latvia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 283,675.

Latvia ranks 22nd 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 8.4% (from 1,117 in 2015).

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