First residence permits — work

In 2021, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 80.9% compared to 2020, reaching 21,852.

Slovakia accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Slovakia ranks 10th 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 508.7% (from 3,590 in 2016).

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