MT · 2023 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Malta, 2023
In 2023, Malta's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 10.8% compared to 2022, reaching 41,927.
Malta accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.
Malta ranks 20th 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 144.1% (from 17,176 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.