First residence permits issued (total)

In 2017, Luxembourg's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 28.1% compared to 2016, reaching 7,207.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.

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 89.5% (from 3,804 in 2012).

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