First residence permits — work

In 2021, France's first residence permits increased by 39.1% compared to 2020, reaching 38,060.

France accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

France ranks 8th 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 63.5% (from 23,275 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.