First residence permits — work

In 2024, Czechia's first residence permits increased by 19.3% compared to 2023, reaching 16,325.

Czechia accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Czechia ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 75.4% (from 66,440 in 2019).

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