First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Austria's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 37.8% compared to 2020, reaching 47,892.

Austria accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Austria ranks 12th 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 4.3% (from 50,066 in 2016).

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