First residence permits issued (total)

In 2020, Romania's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 34.2% compared to 2019, reaching 17,844.

Romania accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.

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 58.1% (from 11,289 in 2015).

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