First residence permits — education

In 2023, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 4.0% compared to 2022, reaching 39,847.

Ireland accounts for 7.3% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

Ireland ranks 4th 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 32.0% (from 30,193 in 2018).

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