First residence permits — family

In 2022, Portugal's first residence permits increased by 30.8% compared to 2021, reaching 38,602.

Portugal accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 926,921.

Portugal ranks 6th 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 116.4% (from 17,840 in 2017).

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