First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Austria's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 4.4% compared to 2023, reaching 65,668.

Austria accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Austria ranks 14th 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 64.7% (from 39,865 in 2019).

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