First residence permits — work

In 2019, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 9.4% compared to 2018, reaching 10,686.

Cyprus accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.

Cyprus ranks 19th 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 33.8% (from 7,989 in 2014).

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