First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Malta's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 29.3% compared to 2020, reaching 14,358.

Malta accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Malta ranks 23rd 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 59.6% (from 8,995 in 2016).

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