First residence permits — work

In 2020, Italy's first residence permits decreased by 7.5% compared to 2019, reaching 10,243.

Italy accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

Italy 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 fallen by 41.0% (from 17,370 in 2015).

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