First residence permits — other

In 2023, Latvia's first residence permits decreased by 18.0% compared to 2022, reaching 863.

Latvia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 985,144.

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 grown by 23.3% (from 700 in 2018).

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