First residence permits — education

In 2021, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 0.8% compared to 2020, reaching 14,611.

Ireland accounts for 3.7% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Ireland ranks 7th 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 31.8% (from 21,421 in 2016).

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