First residence permits — other

In 2021, Malta's first residence permits increased by 6.4% compared to 2020, reaching 1,697.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 697,349.

Malta ranks 20th 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 29.1% (from 2,392 in 2016).

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