First residence permits — work

In 2024, Italy's first residence permits increased by 2.6% compared to 2023, reaching 39,090.

Italy accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Italy ranks 10th 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 253.1% (from 11,069 in 2019).

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