First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Malta's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 23.2% compared to 2018, reaching 21,165.

Malta accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Malta ranks 23rd 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 113.9% (from 9,895 in 2014).

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