First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Italy's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 0.1% compared to 2018, reaching 238,714.

Italy accounts for 8.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Italy ranks 5th 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 16.8% (from 204,335 in 2014).

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