First residence permits — education

In 2017, Portugal's first residence permits increased by 41.2% compared to 2016, reaching 4,883.

Portugal accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 354,685.

Portugal ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 41.9% (from 8,410 in 2012).

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