First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Cyprus's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 10.9% compared to 2022, reaching 34,694.

Cyprus accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

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 65.3% (from 20,990 in 2018).

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