First residence permits — family

In 2016, Denmark's first residence permits decreased by 19.3% compared to 2015, reaching 12,883.

Denmark accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

Denmark ranks 11th 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 112.6% (from 6,061 in 2011).

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