First residence permits — work

In 2024, Denmark's first residence permits increased by 9.2% compared to 2023, reaching 15,220.

Denmark accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

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 32.8% (from 11,465 in 2019).

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