DE · 2020 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Germany, 2020
In 2020, Germany's first residence permits decreased by 29.8% compared to 2019, reaching 51,023.
Germany accounts for 5.5% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.
Germany ranks 3rd 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 279.3% (from 13,451 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.