First residence permits issued (total)

In 2022, Cyprus's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 75.4% compared to 2021, reaching 38,917.

Cyprus accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.

Cyprus ranks 19th 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 105.1% (from 18,971 in 2017).

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