First residence permits — education

In 2023, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 63.4% compared to 2022, reaching 3,243.

Latvia accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

Latvia ranks 20th 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 38.6% (from 2,339 in 2018).

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