First residence permits — family

In 2024, Latvia's first residence permits decreased by 25.4% compared to 2023, reaching 1,677.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

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 fallen by 30.4% (from 2,410 in 2019).

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