IE · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — education
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 28.8% compared to 2016, reaching 27,588.
Ireland accounts for 7.8% of the EU-27 total of 354,685.
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 63.9% (from 16,828 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.