First residence permits issued (total)

In 2022, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 5.6% compared to 2021, reaching 27,441.

Slovakia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.

Slovakia ranks 23rd 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 100.5% (from 13,688 in 2017).

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