First residence permits — work

In 2013, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 3.4% compared to 2012, reaching 793.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 425,436.

Latvia ranks 24th 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 56.5% (from 1,823 in 2008).

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