First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Austria's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 14.3% compared to 2018, reaching 39,865.

Austria accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Austria ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.5% (from 40,062 in 2014).

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