First residence permits — family

In 2023, Croatia's first residence permits decreased by 9.2% compared to 2022, reaching 2,461.

Croatia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

Croatia ranks 25th 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 57.9% (from 1,559 in 2018).

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