First residence permits — work

In 2020, Greece's first residence permits decreased by 47.9% compared to 2019, reaching 1,632.

Greece accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

Greece ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 46.9% (from 1,111 in 2015).

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