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ISCO-08 sub-major group 25 · EU Blue Card

Blue Cards granted, 2024
2,133
Share of cards with a reported occupation
23.3%
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

1,3052,6092016201720182019202020212022202320242025
1,3052,609201620182020202220242025
Data table
2016337
2017446
2018531
2019744
2020709
20211,148
20221,757
20231,538
20242,133
20252,609
Member state20212022202320242025
Hungary1124725602
Croatia29128130331408
Bulgaria146499375328175
Czechia388277226282241
Luxembourg244405326248246
Romania6642127970
Estonia2536233963
Malta68112447
Slovenia1934562232
Belgium1611251814
Sweden1739411045
Slovakia255826
Portugal00010
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. Russia718
  2. India394
  3. Ukraine124
  4. Türkiye102
  5. China79
  6. Egypt62
  7. Belarus54
  8. Pakistan50
  9. Tunisia48
  10. Brazil40
  11. Azerbaijan33
  12. Morocco31
  13. Iran27
  14. United States26
  15. Bosnia and Herzegovina22
  16. Serbia18
  17. Kazakhstan18
  18. Mexico18
  19. Syria16
  20. Jordan15
By member state, 2024
  1. Hungary725
  2. Croatia331
  3. Bulgaria328
  4. Czechia282
  5. Luxembourg248
  6. Romania97
  7. Estonia39
  8. Malta24
  9. Slovenia22
  10. Belgium18
  11. Sweden10
  12. Slovakia8
  13. Portugal1
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. Business and administration professionals1,962
  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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