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Immigration & integration

France · 22 indicators

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Immigration & integration

France — Residence permits issued

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Number of first residence permits issued, by reason (work, study, asylum, family).
342.2K​
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Naturalisations

Number of people who acquired the country's nationality during the year.
97.3K​
2023
Source: Eurostat· Data 2023
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Net migration

Difference between people entering and leaving the territory; positive means more arrivals than departures.
90.5K​
2024
Source: World Bank· Data 2024
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Asylum applications

Number of asylum applications filed, and the share granted protection.
129.9K​
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Immigrant employment rate

Employment rate of the immigrant population; compared with the average, it gauges economic integration.
62.4%
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Removals / OQTF

Number of removal orders carried out; measures enforcement of removal policy.
14.7K​
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Family reunification

Number of admissions under family reunification.
90.7K​
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Gross immigration

Number of persons immigrating to France in a given year — the inbound flow that pairs with the existing net-migration figure.
417.6K​
2023
Source: BIS· Data 2023
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Gross emigration

Number of persons emigrating from France in a given year — the outbound flow that complements the immigration count.
266.4K​
2023
Source: BIS· Data 2023
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — First-instance asylum decisions

Total first-instance asylum decisions issued — measures the throughput of OFPRA's pipeline.
137.9K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — First-instance positive asylum decisions

Combined positive first-instance decisions — refugee, subsidiary and humanitarian status grants.
52.1K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Refugee status grants (first instance)

First-instance grants of Geneva Convention refugee status — the strictest, most protective category.
29.9K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Subsidiary protection grants (first instance)

First-instance grants of subsidiary protection — applicants who don't meet Geneva criteria but face real danger if returned.
22.2K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026
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France — Final-instance positive asylum decisions

Positive final-instance decisions (post-appeal) — captures CNDA appeal overturns of OFPRA rejections.
13.1K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Valid residence permits — total

Stock of all valid residence permits at year-end — the legally-resident foreign population. Distinct from the annual first-issuance flow.
4.3M​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Valid permits — employment

Stock of valid residence permits issued for employment reasons — measures economic-migration policy outcomes.
450.8K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026
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France — Valid permits — education

Stock of valid student permits — proxies higher-education attractiveness and soft-power influence.
350K​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Valid permits — family

Stock of valid family-reasons permits — the single largest category of legal residence in France.
1.4M​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Valid permits — other reasons

Stock of valid permits issued for reasons other than work / study / family — catch-all (humanitarian, retirement, etc.).
1.5M​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Foreign-born population

Total population born outside France — absolute headcount that complements the existing share metric.
9.3M​
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Foreign-citizens unemployment rate

Unemployment rate of foreign citizens aged 20-64 — direct labour-market integration outcome.
12.8%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Foreign-citizens activity rate

Share of foreign citizens aged 20-64 who are economically active — sets the denominator behind the unemployment rate.
71.5%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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