First residence permits — work

In 2024, Portugal's first residence permits increased by 9.8% compared to 2023, reaching 60,553.

Portugal accounts for 5.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Portugal ranks 5th 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 73.0% (from 34,999 in 2019).

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