First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Germany's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 43.4% compared to 2020, reaching 504,298.

Germany accounts for 15.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

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 fallen by 0.1% (from 504,849 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.