First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Italy's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 11.1% compared to 2023, reaching 346,411.

Italy accounts for 9.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Italy ranks 4th 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 45.1% (from 238,714 in 2019).

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