First residence permits — education

In 2016, Romania's first residence permits increased by 5.9% compared to 2015, reaching 4,631.

Romania accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Romania ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 45.7% (from 3,179 in 2011).

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