First residence permits — work

In 2017, Malta's first residence permits increased by 97.5% compared to 2016, reaching 5,997.

Malta accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.

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 grown by 583.8% (from 877 in 2012).

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