First residence permits — family

In 2014, Malta's first residence permits increased by 37.2% compared to 2013, reaching 2,077.

Malta accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 584,934.

Malta ranks 22nd 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 431.2% (from 391 in 2009).

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