PT · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 32.4% compared to 2016, reaching 34,073.
Portugal accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
Portugal ranks 13th 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 4.6% (from 32,590 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.