First residence permits — other

In 2020, Germany's first residence permits decreased by 3.1% compared to 2019, reaching 118,628.

Germany accounts for 24.1% of the EU-27 total of 491,700.

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 285.3% (from 30,786 in 2015).

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