First residence permits — education

In 2023, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 24.4% compared to 2022, reaching 4,160.

Slovakia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

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 78.9% (from 2,325 in 2018).

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