First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Finland's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 14.1% compared to 2023, reaching 46,512.

Finland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

Finland ranks 18th 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 63.5% (from 28,447 in 2019).

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