First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Slovakia's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 34.1% compared to 2023, reaching 18,959.

Slovakia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Slovakia ranks 24th 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 34.3% (from 28,836 in 2019).

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