First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Estonia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 0.4% compared to 2022, reaching 8,459.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

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 64.5% (from 5,143 in 2018).

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