DK · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Denmark, 2016
In 2016, Denmark's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 10.3% compared to 2015, reaching 41,405.
Denmark accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.
Denmark ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 67.6% (from 24,707 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.