CY · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Cyprus, 2017
In 2017, Cyprus's first residence permits increased by 11.1% compared to 2016, reaching 8,204.
Cyprus accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.
Cyprus ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.1% (from 6,889 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.