RO · 2022 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Romania, 2022
In 2022, Romania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 49.4% compared to 2021, reaching 42,207.
Romania accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.
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 218.2% (from 13,264 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.