IT · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Italy, 2016
In 2016, Italy's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 24.3% compared to 2015, reaching 222,398.
Italy accounts for 8.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.
Italy 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 fallen by 32.8% (from 331,083 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.