First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Latvia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 11.4% compared to 2023, reaching 9,027.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Latvia ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.0% (from 10,143 in 2019).

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