First residence permits — education

In 2021, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 36.5% compared to 2020, reaching 3,281.

Cyprus accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

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 fallen by 1.0% (from 3,313 in 2016).

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