First residence permits issued (total)

In 2018, Malta's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 37.4% compared to 2017, reaching 17,176.

Malta accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.

Malta ranks 21st 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 152.8% (from 6,795 in 2013).

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