First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Romania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 58.3% compared to 2020, reaching 28,250.

Romania accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Romania ranks 18th 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 138.1% (from 11,867 in 2016).

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