First residence permits — education

In 2024, Portugal's first residence permits decreased by 30.2% compared to 2023, reaching 16,664.

Portugal accounts for 3.0% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

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 24.8% (from 13,356 in 2019).

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