FR · 2021 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
France, 2021
In 2021, France's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 21.1% compared to 2020, reaching 287,179.
France accounts for 8.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.
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 21.1% (from 237,218 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.