First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Poland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 61.8% compared to 2020, reaching 967,345.

Poland accounts for 29.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Poland ranks 1st 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 65.1% (from 585,969 in 2016).

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