First residence permits — family

In 2024, Portugal's first residence permits decreased by 45.9% compared to 2023, reaching 24,154.

Portugal accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

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 fallen by 36.8% (from 38,203 in 2019).

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