First residence permits — family

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for first residence permits was 950,422 .

That is a 6.5% fell versus 2023 (1,016,363).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 18.0% higher.

Across member states, Spain reported the highest value (258,192, 2024) and Estonia the lowest (1,481, 2024) — a ratio of 174.3× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst; every value links back to the canonical source.