First residence permits — work

In 2021, Malta's first residence permits increased by 22.3% compared to 2020, reaching 8,060.

Malta accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

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 165.5% (from 3,036 in 2016).

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