First residence permits — family

In 2024, Malta's first residence permits decreased by 17.6% compared to 2023, reaching 2,599.

Malta accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

Malta ranks 24th 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 64.8% (from 1,577 in 2019).

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