First residence permits — work

In 2014, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 22.4% compared to 2013, reaching 971.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 456,193.

Latvia ranks 23rd 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 109.3% (from 464 in 2009).

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