First residence permits — education

In 2024, Malta's first residence permits increased by 3.7% compared to 2023, reaching 7,548.

Malta accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

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 63.4% (from 4,620 in 2019).

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