First residence permits — work

In 2013, Estonia's first residence permits decreased by 4.8% compared to 2012, reaching 579.

Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 425,436.

Estonia ranks 26th 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 40.1% (from 967 in 2008).

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