First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 37.1% compared to 2018, reaching 28,836.

Slovakia accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Slovakia ranks 18th 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 423.3% (from 5,510 in 2014).

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