First residence permits — work

In 2019, Romania's first residence permits increased by 158.3% compared to 2018, reaching 16,394.

Romania accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.

Romania ranks 14th 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 809.3% (from 1,803 in 2014).

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