First residence permits — education

In 2021, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 14.0% compared to 2020, reaching 1,380.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

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 5.0% (from 1,314 in 2016).

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