First residence permits — education

In 2021, Germany's first residence permits increased by 38.2% compared to 2020, reaching 67,311.

Germany accounts for 16.9% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

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 46.1% (from 46,083 in 2016).

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