First residence permits — education

In 2024, Croatia's first residence permits increased by 16.2% compared to 2023, reaching 438.

Croatia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

Croatia ranks 26th 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 31.9% (from 332 in 2019).

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