First residence permits issued (total)

In 2018, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 53.7% compared to 2017, reaching 21,040.

Slovakia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.

Slovakia ranks 19th 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 376.4% (from 4,416 in 2013).

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