First residence permits — work

In 2022, Austria's first residence permits increased by 38.2% compared to 2021, reaching 5,437.

Austria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,265,871.

Austria ranks 23rd 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 85.1% (from 2,938 in 2017).

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