First residence permits — education

In 2020, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 57.6% compared to 2019, reaching 14,730.

Ireland accounts for 5.2% of the EU-27 total of 283,675.

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 fallen by 33.3% (from 22,075 in 2015).

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