First residence permits — work

In 2014, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 20.8% compared to 2013, reaching 7,989.

Cyprus accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 456,193.

Cyprus ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 41.9% (from 13,762 in 2009).

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