DE · 2018 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Germany, 2018
In 2018, Germany's first residence permits increased by 29.2% compared to 2017, reaching 68,342.
Germany accounts for 6.9% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.
Germany ranks 2nd 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 145.9% (from 27,788 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.