First residence permits — family

In 2018, Malta's first residence permits decreased by 3.2% compared to 2017, reaching 1,534.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 814,233.

Malta ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.3% (from 1,514 in 2013).

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