First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Croatia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 10.4% compared to 2023, reaching 89,809.

Croatia accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Croatia ranks 8th 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 78.0% (from 50,455 in 2019).

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