First residence permits issued (total)

In 2020, Greece's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 53.2% compared to 2019, reaching 19,821.

Greece accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.

Greece ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 47.1% (from 37,464 in 2015).

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