First residence permits — family

In 2021, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 53.8% compared to 2020, reaching 2,146.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

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 2.3% (from 2,197 in 2016).

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