First residence permits — education

In 2024, Germany's first residence permits decreased by 13.7% compared to 2023, reaching 75,005.

Germany accounts for 13.7% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

Germany ranks 3rd 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 9.9% (from 68,239 in 2019).

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