First residence permits — other

In 2014, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 17.6% compared to 2013, reaching 2,933.

Latvia accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 424,072.

Latvia ranks 18th 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 237.5% (from 869 in 2009).

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