migr_resfirst · 2013–2024
First residence permits — work
Eurostat migr_resfirst — First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship. Data range: 2008 to 2024.
At a glance
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.
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EU-27 · 2024
1,115,986
HIGHEST · 2024
Poland
337,874
LOWEST · 2024
Estonia
1,409
Map · 2024
1.4k 337.9k
Ranking · 2024
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- Poland 337.9k
- Spain 95.7k
- Croatia 85.6k
- Germany 77.1k
- Portugal 60.6k
- France 58.6k
- Hungary 55.7k
- Lithuania 44.7k
- Romania 44.1k
- Italy 39.1k
- Netherlands 23.4k
- Greece 22.3k
- European Union (27) 1.1M
Country × year heatmap · all values
276.0 790.1k
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 Poland PL · 2024 337,874
- #2 Spain ES · 2024 95,735
- #3 Croatia HR · 2024 85,574
- #4 Germany DE · 2024 77,149
- #5 Portugal PT · 2024 60,553
- #6 France FR · 2024 58,603
- #7 Hungary HU · 2024 55,706
- #8 Lithuania LT · 2024 44,742
- #9 Romania RO · 2024 44,084
- #10 Italy IT · 2024 39,090
- #11 Netherlands NL · 2024 23,415
- #12 Greece EL · 2024 22,290
- #13 Cyprus CY · 2024 21,092
- #14 Ireland IE · 2024 19,078
- #15 Czechia CZ · 2024 16,325
- #16 Slovenia SI · 2024 15,680
- #17 Denmark DK · 2024 15,220
- #18 Malta MT · 2024 14,596
- #19 Sweden SE · 2024 12,737
- #20 Slovakia SK · 2024 12,390
- #21 Finland FI · 2024 11,332
- #22 Bulgaria BG · 2024 8,653
- #23 Austria AT · 2024 8,318
- #24 Belgium BE · 2024 8,290
- #25 Latvia LV · 2024 3,558
- #26 Luxembourg LU · 2024 2,493
- #27 Estonia EE · 2024 1,409
By year
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst