First residence permits — other

In 2016, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 15.0% compared to 2015, reaching 3,940.

Cyprus accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 738,886.

Cyprus ranks 16th 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 87.5% (from 2,101 in 2011).

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