First residence permits — work

In 2021, Czechia's first residence permits increased by 42.4% compared to 2020, reaching 41,592.

Czechia accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Czechia ranks 5th 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 80.1% (from 23,095 in 2016).

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