FR · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
France, 2016
In 2016, France's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 3.7% compared to 2015, reaching 237,218.
France accounts for 9.5% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.
France ranks 3rd 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 18.9% (from 199,581 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.