First residence permits — education

In 2024, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 23.1% compared to 2023, reaching 3,458.

Cyprus accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

Cyprus ranks 19th 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 20.9% (from 4,372 in 2019).

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