First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 4.8% compared to 2022, reaching 28,750.

Slovakia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

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 36.6% (from 21,040 in 2018).

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