First residence permits — education

In 2021, Italy's first residence permits increased by 111.3% compared to 2020, reaching 17,807.

Italy accounts for 4.5% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

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 grown by 5.7% (from 16,847 in 2016).

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