FR · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
France, 2016
In 2016, France's first residence permits increased by 10.8% compared to 2015, reaching 23,275.
France accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.
France ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 26.9% (from 18,335 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.