First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Luxembourg's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 24.0% compared to 2020, reaching 7,076.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

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 25.8% (from 5,627 in 2016).

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