First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Portugal's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 10.3% compared to 2023, reaching 121,872.

Portugal accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Portugal ranks 7th 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 30.4% (from 93,475 in 2019).

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