First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Croatia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 4.4% compared to 2020, reaching 33,580.

Croatia accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Croatia 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 531.8% (from 5,315 in 2016).

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