First residence permits — education

In 2018, Italy's first residence permits increased by 21.3% compared to 2017, reaching 21,795.

Italy accounts for 5.5% of the EU-27 total of 397,717.

Italy ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.5% (from 27,083 in 2013).

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