First residence permits — other

In 2023, Malta's first residence permits increased by 56.9% compared to 2022, reaching 3,685.

Malta accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 985,144.

Malta ranks 19th 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 78.3% (from 2,067 in 2018).

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