First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Romania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 34.9% compared to 2022, reaching 56,920.

Romania accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

Romania ranks 15th 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 245.2% (from 16,487 in 2018).

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