First residence permits — education

In 2017, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 15.4% compared to 2016, reaching 1,989.

Slovakia accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 354,685.

Slovakia 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 grown by 253.9% (from 562 in 2012).

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