First residence permits — family

In 2021, Malta's first residence permits increased by 106.0% compared to 2020, reaching 1,811.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

Malta ranks 27th 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 5.4% (from 1,719 in 2016).

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