PT · 2020 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Portugal, 2020
In 2020, Portugal's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 9.7% compared to 2019, reaching 84,397.
Portugal accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.
Portugal ranks 6th 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 190.8% (from 29,021 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.