First residence permits — work

In 2024, Austria's first residence permits increased by 16.1% compared to 2023, reaching 8,318.

Austria accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

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 104.0% (from 4,077 in 2019).

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