First residence permits — education

In 2021, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 16.7% compared to 2020, reaching 2,721.

Slovakia accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

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 57.9% (from 1,723 in 2016).

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