First residence permits — work

In 2018, Estonia's first residence permits increased by 17.0% compared to 2017, reaching 1,791.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.

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 209.3% (from 579 in 2013).

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