First residence permits — work

In 2016, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 14.3% compared to 2015, reaching 3,590.

Slovakia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.

Slovakia ranks 18th 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 171.8% (from 1,321 in 2011).

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