First residence permits — education

In 2022, Germany's first residence permits increased by 23.6% compared to 2021, reaching 83,224.

Germany accounts for 17.7% of the EU-27 total of 470,057.

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 71.1% (from 48,637 in 2017).

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