First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Czechia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 18.6% compared to 2022, reaching 43,792.

Czechia accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

Czechia ranks 18th 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 38.5% (from 71,201 in 2018).

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