First residence permits — work

In 2024, Estonia's first residence permits decreased by 31.8% compared to 2023, reaching 1,409.

Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Estonia ranks 27th 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 33.0% (from 2,102 in 2019).

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