First residence permits — family

In 2021, Portugal's first residence permits decreased by 17.4% compared to 2020, reaching 29,516.

Portugal accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

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 131.4% (from 12,755 in 2016).

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