First residence permits — work

In 2018, Italy's first residence permits increased by 65.0% compared to 2017, reaching 13,877.

Italy accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.

Italy ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 82.8% (from 80,726 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.