First residence permits — education

In 2024, Slovakia's first residence permits decreased by 38.4% compared to 2023, reaching 2,561.

Slovakia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

Slovakia ranks 22nd 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 12.1% (from 2,914 in 2019).

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