First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 59.3% compared to 2020, reaching 29,067.

Slovakia accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Slovakia ranks 17th 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 184.2% (from 10,227 in 2016).

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