First residence permits — other

In 2024, Germany's first residence permits decreased by 17.4% compared to 2023, reaching 195,854.

Germany accounts for 22.0% of the EU-27 total of 888,784.

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 59.9% (from 122,470 in 2019).

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