First residence permits — work

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for first residence permits was 1,115,986 .

That is a 12.5% fell versus 2023 (1,275,215).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 7.2% lower.

Across member states, Poland reported the highest value (337,874, 2024) and Estonia the lowest (1,409, 2024) — a ratio of 239.8× between the two ends of the range.

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