First residence permits — education

In 2017, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 48.6% compared to 2016, reaching 4,923.

Cyprus accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 354,685.

Cyprus ranks 14th 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 243.5% (from 1,433 in 2012).

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