First residence permits — education

In 2014, Portugal's first residence permits decreased by 28.0% compared to 2013, reaching 3,407.

Portugal accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 299,865.

Portugal ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.8% (from 4,302 in 2009).

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