IE · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 19.8% compared to 2016, reaching 9,398.
Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.
Ireland ranks 11th 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 152.6% (from 3,720 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.