First residence permits — education

In 2021, Austria's first residence permits increased by 73.0% compared to 2020, reaching 4,703.

Austria accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Austria ranks 15th 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 18.5% (from 5,770 in 2016).

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