First residence permits — work

In 2021, Estonia's first residence permits increased by 12.5% compared to 2020, reaching 2,290.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

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 71.0% (from 1,339 in 2016).

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