First residence permits — other

In 2021, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 55.8% compared to 2020, reaching 6,085.

Cyprus accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 697,349.

Cyprus ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 54.4% (from 3,940 in 2016).

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