First residence permits — family

In 2021, Croatia's first residence permits increased by 14.5% compared to 2020, reaching 2,847.

Croatia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

Croatia ranks 22nd 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 70.2% (from 1,673 in 2016).

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