First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Czechia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 3.8% compared to 2023, reaching 45,436.

Czechia accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Czechia ranks 19th 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 61.2% (from 117,069 in 2019).

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