First residence permits issued (total)

In 2016, Luxembourg's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 14.4% compared to 2015, reaching 5,627.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.

Luxembourg ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 108.6% (from 2,698 in 2011).

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