First residence permits — family

In 2023, Romania's first residence permits increased by 21.0% compared to 2022, reaching 5,109.

Romania accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

Romania ranks 19th 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 32.5% (from 3,856 in 2018).

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