First residence permits — work

In 2023, Czechia's first residence permits decreased by 44.3% compared to 2022, reaching 13,688.

Czechia accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

Czechia 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 fallen by 61.5% (from 35,529 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.