First residence permits — work

In 2016, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 5.9% compared to 2015, reaching 1,736.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.

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 grown by 234.5% (from 519 in 2011).

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