First residence permits issued (total)

In 2016, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 10.2% compared to 2015, reaching 10,227.

Slovakia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.

Slovakia ranks 20th 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 180.9% (from 3,641 in 2011).

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