First residence permits — family

In 2020, Germany's first residence permits decreased by 17.5% compared to 2019, reaching 133,365.

Germany accounts for 21.5% of the EU-27 total of 621,444.

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 fallen by 0.4% (from 133,893 in 2015).

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