First residence permits — education

In 2023, Malta's first residence permits increased by 38.4% compared to 2022, reaching 7,280.

Malta accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

Malta ranks 15th 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 114.3% (from 3,397 in 2018).

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