First residence permits — family

In 2024, Romania's first residence permits increased by 8.3% compared to 2023, reaching 5,534.

Romania accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

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 31.6% (from 4,205 in 2019).

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