First residence permits — work

In 2016, Portugal's first residence permits decreased by 14.9% compared to 2015, reaching 5,791.

Portugal accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.4% (from 7,276 in 2011).

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