First residence permits — education

In 2024, Romania's first residence permits increased by 5.6% compared to 2023, reaching 5,398.

Romania accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

Romania ranks 18th 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 9.2% (from 4,943 in 2019).

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