First residence permits — work

In 2024, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 25.0% compared to 2023, reaching 21,092.

Cyprus accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Cyprus ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 97.4% (from 10,686 in 2019).

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