First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Malta's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 29.8% compared to 2023, reaching 29,433.

Malta accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

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 39.1% (from 21,165 in 2019).

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