First residence permits — work

In 2023, France's first residence permits increased by 6.4% compared to 2022, reaching 58,762.

France accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

France ranks 5th 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 72.9% (from 33,993 in 2018).

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