First residence permits — work

In 2018, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 88.5% compared to 2017, reaching 13,989.

Slovakia accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.

Slovakia ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 761.4% (from 1,624 in 2013).

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