CY · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Cyprus, 2016
In 2016, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 0.7% compared to 2015, reaching 7,385.
Cyprus accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.
Cyprus ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 25.4% (from 9,897 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.