First residence permits — work

In 2017, Romania's first residence permits increased by 67.2% compared to 2016, reaching 2,952.

Romania accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.

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 grown by 78.3% (from 1,656 in 2012).

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