MT · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Malta, 2016
In 2016, Malta's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 9.9% compared to 2015, reaching 8,995.
Malta accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.
Malta ranks 21st 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 158.2% (from 3,484 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.