CY · 2020 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Cyprus, 2020
In 2020, Cyprus's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 27.5% compared to 2019, reaching 16,910.
Cyprus accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.
Cyprus ranks 22nd 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 8.6% (from 15,569 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.