MT · 2022 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Malta, 2022
In 2022, Malta's first residence permits increased by 241.8% compared to 2021, reaching 27,549.
Malta accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,265,871.
Malta ranks 11th 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 359.4% (from 5,997 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.