First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Luxembourg's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 9.1% compared to 2018, reaching 8,428.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Luxembourg ranks 26th 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 96.5% (from 4,289 in 2014).

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