First residence permits issued (total)

In 2014, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 24.8% compared to 2013, reaching 5,510.

Slovakia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,765,064.

Slovakia ranks 24th 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 3.3% (from 5,336 in 2009).

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