Published: 16.09.2020.
Updated: 30.08.2024.
  • From 1998 to 2023, 4142 asylum seekers applied for international protection in Latvia.
  • A total of 521 persons have been granted refugee status, while 621 persons have been granted subsidiary protection status.

Asylum statistics

01.01.1998. – 31.12.2022.

Year

Asylum seeker

Refugee statu

Alternative status

1998

58

2

-

1999

22

4

-

2000

5

1

-

2001

14

1

-

2002

30

-

3

2003

5

-

6

2004

7

-

-

2005

20

-

-

2006

8

2

8

2007

34

5

3

2008

51

2

1

2009

52

5

6

2010

61

7

18

2011

335

9

18

2012

189

10

20

2013

185

14

21

2014

364

3

21

2015

 328

  6  23

2016

350

47

107

2017

395

39

259

2018

176

23

24

2019

178

37

14
2020 147 8 17
2021 582 80 25
2022 546 216 27
2023 1624 88 40

TOTAL

5766

609

609
  • The main countries of origin of asylum seekers in 2019 - Azerbaijan, Russia, India, Georgia, Ukraine.
  • The main countries of origin of asylum seekers in 2020 - Belarus, Russian, Syria.
  • The main countries of origin of asylum seekers in 2021 -  Iraq, Afghanistan, Belarus, Russia.
  • The main countries of origin of asylum seekers in 2022 - Russia, Belarus, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq.
  • The main countries of origin of asylum seekers in 2023 - Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, India, Iraq.