First residence permits — family

In 2017, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 1.9% compared to 2016, reaching 2,631.

Slovakia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 736,199.

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 grown by 131.2% (from 1,138 in 2012).

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