IE · 2020 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Ireland, 2020
First residence permits issued (total)
30,382
Ireland, 2020
▼ 48.7% vs 2019 (59,278)
Analysis
In 2020, Ireland's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 48.7% compared to 2019, reaching 30,382.
Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.
Ireland ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.9% (from 38,433 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#14 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
1.3%
EU-27: 2,332,051
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst