First residence permits — work

In 2014, Romania's first residence permits increased by 16.9% compared to 2013, reaching 1,803.

Romania accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 456,193.

Romania ranks 21st 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 61.8% (from 4,724 in 2009).

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