First residence permits — family

In 2024, Croatia's first residence permits increased by 10.2% compared to 2023, reaching 2,713.

Croatia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

Croatia ranks 23rd 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 7.1% (from 2,921 in 2019).

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