First residence permits issued (total)

In 2016, Portugal's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 11.3% compared to 2015, reaching 25,728.

Portugal accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.

Portugal ranks 15th 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 26.9% (from 35,172 in 2011).

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