IE · 2015 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — education
Ireland, 2015
In 2015, Ireland's first residence permits decreased by 7.0% compared to 2014, reaching 22,075.
Ireland accounts for 7.4% of the EU-27 total of 296,956.
Ireland ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 61.7% (from 13,653 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.