First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Cyprus's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 11.1% compared to 2018, reaching 23,325.

Cyprus accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Cyprus ranks 21st 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 68.5% (from 13,841 in 2014).

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