First residence permits — education

In 2021, Malta's first residence permits increased by 36.7% compared to 2020, reaching 2,790.

Malta accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Malta ranks 18th 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 51.0% (from 1,848 in 2016).

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