First residence permits — education

In 2022, Romania's first residence permits increased by 19.2% compared to 2021, reaching 4,851.

Romania accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 470,057.

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 grown by 9.1% (from 4,448 in 2017).

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