First residence permits — work

In 2020, Cyprus's first residence permits decreased by 26.1% compared to 2019, reaching 7,897.

Cyprus accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

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 7.6% (from 7,337 in 2015).

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