First residence permits — other

In 2020, Malta's first residence permits decreased by 31.4% compared to 2019, reaching 1,595.

Malta accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 491,700.

Malta ranks 18th 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 41.2% (from 2,713 in 2015).

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