First residence permits — work

In 2023, Denmark's first residence permits decreased by 5.9% compared to 2022, reaching 13,935.

Denmark accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

Denmark ranks 19th 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 24.2% (from 11,220 in 2018).

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