First residence permits — family

In 2016, Germany's first residence permits increased by 2.3% compared to 2015, reaching 136,982.

Germany accounts for 19.9% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

Germany ranks 1st 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 192.8% (from 46,782 in 2011).

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