First residence permits issued (total)

In 2018, Luxembourg's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 7.2% compared to 2017, reaching 7,727.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.

Luxembourg ranks 26th 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 85.3% (from 4,169 in 2013).

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