First residence permits — family

In 2021, Austria's first residence permits increased by 24.3% compared to 2020, reaching 14,457.

Austria accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

Austria ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.5% (from 15,635 in 2016).

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