PT · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Portugal, 2013
In 2013, Portugal's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 18.4% compared to 2012, reaching 26,593.
Portugal accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,643,350.
Portugal ranks 14th 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 58.3% (from 63,715 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.