First residence permits — family

In 2021, Romania's first residence permits increased by 48.6% compared to 2020, reaching 4,145.

Romania accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

Romania ranks 18th 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 7.1% (from 3,871 in 2016).

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