First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Germany's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 21.8% compared to 2018, reaching 425,072.

Germany accounts for 14.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

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 78.9% (from 237,627 in 2014).

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