First residence permits — education

In 2024, Austria's first residence permits increased by 8.6% compared to 2023, reaching 6,817.

Austria accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

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 67.2% (from 4,078 in 2019).

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