CY · 2018 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Cyprus, 2018
In 2018, Cyprus's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 10.6% compared to 2017, reaching 20,990.
Cyprus accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.
Cyprus ranks 20th 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 83.2% (from 11,455 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.