First residence permits — education

In 2014, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 3.4% compared to 2013, reaching 1,444.

Cyprus accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 299,865.

Cyprus ranks 18th 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 73.3% (from 5,407 in 2009).

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