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ISCO-08 sub-major group 24 · EU Blue Card

Blue Cards granted, 2024
1,962
Share of cards with a reported occupation
21.5%
Largest citizenship
Russia
Largest member state
Hungary
Data as at 24 Oct 2026
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Blue Cards granted by year

First grants of EU Blue Cards for this occupation group, member states that report occupation.

Blue Cards granted

1,2012,4012016201720182019202020212022202320242025
1,2012,401201620182020202220242025
Data table
2016429
2017510
2018395
2019502
2020486
2021650
2022813
2023703
20241,962
20252,401
Member state20212022202320242025
Hungary3331,2131,222
Luxembourg335413318390536
Romania4645681010
Czechia6596558457
Bulgaria491261087351
Croatia511133858
Malta8452335
Slovenia910211710
Belgium1012171411
Slovakia01253
Sweden661148
Source: Eurostat (migr_resfirst, migr_resbc11, migr_acq, educ_uoe_mobs02, migr_eirfs, migr_pop1ctz), CC BY 4.0Data as at 2025

Nationalities

Citizenship of the cardholders, 2024.

By citizenship, 2024
  1. Russia261
  2. India254
  3. Türkiye165
  4. China137
  5. Azerbaijan99
  6. South Korea75
  7. Brazil71
  8. Ukraine63
  9. United States58
  10. Pakistan57
  11. Mexico45
  12. Tunisia39
  13. Kazakhstan34
  14. Egypt30
  15. Nigeria30
  16. Philippines28
  17. Jordan27
  18. Belarus25
  19. Colombia25
  20. Serbia25
By member state, 2024
  1. Hungary1,213
  2. Luxembourg390
  3. Romania101
  4. Czechia84
  5. Bulgaria73
  6. Croatia38
  7. Malta23
  8. Slovenia17
  9. Belgium14
  10. Slovakia5
  11. Sweden4
Source: Eurostat (migr_resfirst, migr_resbc11, migr_acq, educ_uoe_mobs02, migr_eirfs, migr_pop1ctz), CC BY 4.0Data as at 2025

Other occupation groups

Blue Cards granted, 2024
  1. Legal, social and cultural professionals2,552
  2. Information and communications technology professionals2,133
  3. Science and engineering professionals1,018
  4. Administrative and commercial managers457
  5. Production and specialised services managers301
  6. Health professionals226
  7. Teaching professionals173
Source: Eurostat (migr_resfirst, migr_resbc11, migr_acq, educ_uoe_mobs02, migr_eirfs, migr_pop1ctz), CC BY 4.0Data as at 2025

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