First residence permits — family

In 2023, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 2.1% compared to 2022, reaching 2,249.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

Latvia ranks 26th 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 0.5% (from 2,238 in 2018).

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