First residence permits — work

In 2021, Germany's first residence permits increased by 17.7% compared to 2020, reaching 60,063.

Germany accounts for 4.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Germany ranks 3rd 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 51.9% (from 39,552 in 2016).

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