First residence permits — education

In 2016, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 16.8% compared to 2015, reaching 1,723.

Slovakia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Slovakia ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 327.5% (from 403 in 2011).

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