First residence permits — education

In 2021, Romania's first residence permits increased by 34.4% compared to 2020, reaching 4,069.

Romania accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Romania ranks 16th 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 12.1% (from 4,631 in 2016).

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