First residence permits — education

In 2023, Croatia's first residence permits increased by 14.9% compared to 2022, reaching 377.

Croatia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

Croatia ranks 27th 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 23.8% (from 495 in 2018).

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