First residence permits — work

In 2024, Germany's first residence permits decreased by 24.7% compared to 2023, reaching 77,149.

Germany accounts for 6.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Germany ranks 4th 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 6.2% (from 72,635 in 2019).

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