First residence permits — work

In 2024, Poland's first residence permits decreased by 20.9% compared to 2023, reaching 337,874.

Poland accounts for 30.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Poland ranks 1st 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 46.0% (from 625,120 in 2019).

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