First residence permits — family

In 2016, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 1.6% compared to 2015, reaching 2,582.

Slovakia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

Slovakia ranks 21st 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 147.8% (from 1,042 in 2011).

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