RO · 2018 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Romania, 2018
In 2018, Romania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 24.3% compared to 2017, reaching 16,487.
Romania accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.
Romania ranks 22nd 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 47.7% (from 11,160 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.