First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 47.1% compared to 2020, reaching 8,138.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

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 34.8% (from 6,037 in 2016).

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