First residence permits — education

In 2016, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 3.0% compared to 2015, reaching 21,421.

Ireland accounts for 6.5% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Ireland ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 41.6% (from 15,131 in 2011).

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