First residence permits — work

In 2019, Denmark's first residence permits increased by 2.2% compared to 2018, reaching 11,465.

Denmark accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.

Denmark ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.7% (from 10,954 in 2014).

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