SE · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — education
Sweden, 2016
In 2016, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 1.9% compared to 2015, reaching 8,803.
Sweden accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.
Sweden ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 30.1% (from 6,766 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.