First residence permits — work

In 2020, Estonia's first residence permits decreased by 3.2% compared to 2019, reaching 2,035.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

Estonia ranks 25th 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 59.1% (from 1,279 in 2015).

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