First residence permits — family

In 2019, Malta's first residence permits increased by 2.8% compared to 2018, reaching 1,577.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 805,430.

Malta ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 24.1% (from 2,077 in 2014).

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