First residence permits — education

In 2018, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 9.4% compared to 2017, reaching 30,193.

Ireland accounts for 7.6% of the EU-27 total of 397,717.

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 41.1% (from 21,394 in 2013).

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