First residence permits — family

In 2020, Latvia's first residence permits decreased by 42.1% compared to 2019, reaching 1,395.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 621,444.

Latvia ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 45.4% (from 2,553 in 2015).

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