First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Czechia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 36.9% compared to 2020, reaching 74,395.

Czechia accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Czechia ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.1% (from 80,068 in 2016).

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