Proportion of work permits issued to citizens of Ukraine, Nepal and Belarus in total permits issued in 2008-2018

The number of work permits issued increased from 18,000 in 2008 to nearly 329 thousand in 2018, i.e. by 18 times. The largest increases in nominal terms occurred in 2015-2018, noting a change from 66 thousand in 2015, up to 127 thousand in 2016, 236,000 in 2017 and 329 thousand in 2018. So far the most work permits were received by Ukrainian citizens. In 2018, they received 12 times more permits than Nepalese and Belarusians, who took respectively 2nd and 3rd place in the ranking. The share of work permits issued to citizens of Ukraine, Nepal, Belarus and other countries in total permits issued by Polish institutions is shown in the following dataset.