First residence permits — work

In 2023, Slovakia's first residence permits increased by 3.6% compared to 2022, reaching 20,042.

Slovakia accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

Slovakia ranks 15th 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 43.3% (from 13,989 in 2018).

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