First residence permits — family

In 2018, Portugal's first residence permits increased by 49.4% compared to 2017, reaching 26,659.

Portugal accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 814,233.

Portugal ranks 8th 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 118.1% (from 12,224 in 2013).

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