Cyprus issued the second highest number of first residence permits to non-EU citizens in the 27 EU member states during 2019.
According to Eurostat, Cyprus, which issued 26.4 permits per 1,000 of its population, was overtaken only by Malta, which issued 42 permits. Poland is trailing in third place issuing 19.1 permits relative to its population.
Eurostat estimates that an average of 6.6 first residence permits were issued per 1,000 of the population across all EU members states in 2019; Cyprus issued four times that number.
