First residence permits — education

In 2023, Austria's first residence permits increased by 32.3% compared to 2022, reaching 6,275.

Austria accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

Austria ranks 16th 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 41.9% (from 4,422 in 2018).

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