First residence permits — family

In 2016, Romania's first residence permits increased by 2.7% compared to 2015, reaching 3,871.

Romania accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

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 fallen by 1.3% (from 3,920 in 2011).

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