First residence permits — family

In 2022, Germany's first residence permits increased by 14.0% compared to 2021, reaching 216,925.

Germany accounts for 23.4% of the EU-27 total of 926,921.

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 38.2% (from 156,973 in 2017).

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