migr_resfirst · 2013–2024
First residence permits — family
Eurostat migr_resfirst — First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship. Data range: 2008 to 2024.
At a glance
In 2024, the EU-27 figure for first residence permits was 950,422 .
That is a 6.5% fell versus 2023 (1,016,363).
Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 18.0% higher.
Across member states, Spain reported the highest value (258,192, 2024) and Estonia the lowest (1,481, 2024) — a ratio of 174.3× between the two ends of the range.
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EU-27 · 2024
950,422
HIGHEST · 2024
Spain
258,192
LOWEST · 2024
Estonia
1,481
Map · 2024
1.5k 258.2k
Ranking · 2024
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- Spain 258.2k
- Germany 197.0k
- Italy 110.1k
- France 91.0k
- Netherlands 42.2k
- Belgium 36.0k
- Sweden 32.8k
- Portugal 24.2k
- Poland 22.5k
- Finland 20.0k
- Austria 18.7k
- Greece 16.1k
- European Union (27) 950.4k
Country × year heatmap · all values
183.0 258.2k
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 Spain ES · 2024 258,192
- #2 Germany DE · 2024 196,979
- #3 Italy IT · 2024 110,093
- #4 France FR · 2024 91,030
- #5 Netherlands NL · 2024 42,209
- #6 Belgium BE · 2024 36,019
- #7 Sweden SE · 2024 32,819
- #8 Portugal PT · 2024 24,154
- #9 Poland PL · 2024 22,544
- #10 Finland FI · 2024 19,954
- #11 Austria AT · 2024 18,710
- #12 Greece EL · 2024 16,122
- #13 Denmark DK · 2024 14,184
- #14 Czechia CZ · 2024 12,417
- #15 Slovenia SI · 2024 8,533
- #16 Hungary HU · 2024 6,266
- #17 Cyprus CY · 2024 5,638
- #18 Romania RO · 2024 5,534
- #19 Bulgaria BG · 2024 5,356
- #20 Luxembourg LU · 2024 5,163
- #21 Ireland IE · 2024 4,194
- #22 Slovakia SK · 2024 3,253
- #23 Croatia HR · 2024 2,713
- #24 Malta MT · 2024 2,599
- #25 Lithuania LT · 2024 2,589
- #26 Latvia LV · 2024 1,677
- #27 Estonia EE · 2024 1,481
By year
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst