First residence permits — work

In 2021, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 44.8% compared to 2020, reaching 3,685.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

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 112.3% (from 1,736 in 2016).

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