First residence permits — work

In 2024, Malta's first residence permits decreased by 47.5% compared to 2023, reaching 14,596.

Malta accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

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 15.4% (from 12,644 in 2019).

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