First residence permits — family

In 2023, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 2.3% compared to 2022, reaching 8,564.

Cyprus accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

Cyprus ranks 15th 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 155.9% (from 3,346 in 2018).

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