First residence permits — work

In 2024, Greece's first residence permits increased by 88.3% compared to 2023, reaching 22,290.

Greece accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Greece ranks 12th 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 611.5% (from 3,133 in 2019).

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