First residence permits — work

In 2016, Estonia's first residence permits increased by 4.7% compared to 2015, reaching 1,339.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.

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 grown by 6.4% (from 1,258 in 2011).

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