First residence permits issued (total)

In 2014, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 29.4% compared to 2013, reaching 9,857.

Latvia accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,765,064.

Latvia ranks 21st 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 327.8% (from 2,304 in 2009).

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