First residence permits — work

In 2024, Croatia's first residence permits increased by 10.4% compared to 2023, reaching 85,574.

Croatia accounts for 7.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Croatia ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 83.7% (from 46,587 in 2019).

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