DE · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Germany, 2017
In 2017, Germany's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 6.1% compared to 2016, reaching 535,446.
Germany accounts for 19.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
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 190.9% (from 184,070 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.