First residence permits — work

In 2023, Cyprus's first residence permits decreased by 12.2% compared to 2022, reaching 16,874.

Cyprus accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

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 72.7% (from 9,771 in 2018).

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