First residence permits issued (total)

In 2016, Czechia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 16.4% compared to 2015, reaching 80,068.

Czechia accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.

Czechia ranks 8th 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 281.7% (from 20,978 in 2011).

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