First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Estonia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 42.5% compared to 2023, reaching 4,860.

Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

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 21.6% (from 6,200 in 2019).

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