First residence permits issued (total)

In 2020, Estonia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 19.5% compared to 2019, reaching 4,992.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.

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 grown by 25.3% (from 3,984 in 2015).

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