PT · 2018 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Portugal, 2018
In 2018, Portugal's first residence permits increased by 148.1% compared to 2017, reaching 20,256.
Portugal accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.
Portugal ranks 11th 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 216.8% (from 6,394 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.