First residence permits — family

In 2021, Germany's first residence permits increased by 42.7% compared to 2020, reaching 190,279.

Germany accounts for 23.3% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

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 38.9% (from 136,982 in 2016).

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