First residence permits — family

In 2016, Greece's first residence permits increased by 23.1% compared to 2015, reaching 23,598.

Greece accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

Greece 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 85.5% (from 12,724 in 2011).

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