FR · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
France, 2017
In 2017, France's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 7.3% compared to 2016, reaching 254,634.
France accounts for 9.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
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 27.6% (from 199,500 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.