First residence permits — other

In 2024, Malta's first residence permits increased by 27.3% compared to 2023, reaching 4,690.

Malta accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 888,784.

Malta ranks 16th 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 101.8% (from 2,324 in 2019).

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