PT · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — family
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's first residence permits increased by 39.9% compared to 2016, reaching 17,840.
Portugal accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 736,199.
Portugal ranks 8th 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 21.7% (from 14,654 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.