First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Greece's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 19.1% compared to 2018, reaching 42,348.

Greece accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Greece ranks 14th 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 88.6% (from 22,451 in 2014).

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