First residence permits — work

In 2021, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 24.1% compared to 2020, reaching 9,800.

Cyprus accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Cyprus ranks 18th 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 32.7% (from 7,385 in 2016).

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