DE · 2015 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Germany, 2015
In 2015, Germany's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 18.0% compared to 2014, reaching 194,813.
Germany accounts for 9.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,992,551.
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 66.2% (from 117,202 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.