PT · 2018 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Portugal, 2018
In 2018, Portugal's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 81.2% compared to 2017, reaching 61,741.
Portugal accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.
Portugal ranks 9th 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 132.2% (from 26,593 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.