First residence permits — education

In 2016, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 48.8% compared to 2015, reaching 3,313.

Cyprus accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Cyprus ranks 17th 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 73.7% (from 1,907 in 2011).

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