First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Italy's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 90.7% compared to 2020, reaching 274,095.

Italy accounts for 8.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

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 23.2% (from 222,398 in 2016).

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