First residence permits — family

In 2024, Cyprus's first residence permits decreased by 34.2% compared to 2023, reaching 5,638.

Cyprus accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

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 46.9% (from 3,839 in 2019).

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