First residence permits — other

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for first residence permits was 888,784 .

That is a 9.8% fell versus 2023 (985,144).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 56.1% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (195,854, 2024) and Slovenia the lowest (363, 2024) — a ratio of 539.5× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst; every value links back to the canonical source.