First residence permits — work

In 2017, Portugal's first residence permits increased by 41.0% compared to 2016, reaching 8,164.

Portugal accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.

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 grown by 38.0% (from 5,917 in 2012).

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