First residence permits — education

In 2019, Germany's first residence permits increased by 4.6% compared to 2018, reaching 68,239.

Germany accounts for 16.7% of the EU-27 total of 408,104.

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 38.1% (from 49,406 in 2014).

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