First residence permits — education

In 2021, Denmark's first residence permits decreased by 9.7% compared to 2020, reaching 5,587.

Denmark accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Denmark ranks 14th 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 46.5% (from 10,446 in 2016).

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