First residence permits — education

In 2018, Malta's first residence permits increased by 11.4% compared to 2017, reaching 3,397.

Malta accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 397,717.

Malta ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 83.7% (from 1,849 in 2013).

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