First residence permits — family

In 2020, Malta's first residence permits decreased by 44.3% compared to 2019, reaching 879.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 621,444.

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

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 59.0% (from 2,143 in 2015).

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