First residence permits — work

In 2021, Austria's first residence permits increased by 43.7% compared to 2020, reaching 3,935.

Austria accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Austria ranks 22nd 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 17.9% (from 3,337 in 2016).

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