First residence permits — education

In 2016, Germany's first residence permits increased by 176.2% compared to 2015, reaching 46,083.

Germany accounts for 14.0% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Germany ranks 2nd 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 67.2% (from 27,568 in 2011).

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