EL · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Greece, 2017
In 2017, Greece's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 31.9% compared to 2016, reaching 29,995.
Greece accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
Greece ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 84.6% (from 16,252 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.