First residence permits — education

In 2021, Portugal's first residence permits decreased by 11.1% compared to 2020, reaching 10,919.

Portugal accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Portugal ranks 9th 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 215.7% (from 3,459 in 2016).

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