First residence permits — education

In 2016, Austria's first residence permits decreased by 18.3% compared to 2015, reaching 5,770.

Austria accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Austria ranks 14th 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 14.7% (from 5,031 in 2011).

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