First residence permits — education

In 2023, Romania's first residence permits increased by 5.3% compared to 2022, reaching 5,110.

Romania accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

Romania ranks 17th 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 10.2% (from 4,635 in 2018).

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