First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Estonia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 31.2% compared to 2020, reaching 6,549.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

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 52.0% (from 4,308 in 2016).

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