First residence permits issued (total)

In 2018, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 33.2% compared to 2017, reaching 8,852.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.

Latvia ranks 25th 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 16.2% (from 7,615 in 2013).

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