CY · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Cyprus, 2017
In 2017, Cyprus's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 11.8% compared to 2016, reaching 18,971.
Cyprus accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
Cyprus 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 61.9% (from 11,715 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.