First residence permits — work

In 2017, Germany's first residence permits increased by 33.8% compared to 2016, reaching 52,915.

Germany accounts for 5.9% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.

Germany ranks 2nd 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 93.6% (from 27,338 in 2012).

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