First residence permits — work

In 2021, Denmark's first residence permits increased by 36.1% compared to 2020, reaching 11,367.

Denmark accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Denmark ranks 16th 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 11.4% (from 10,208 in 2016).

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