SE · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — family
Sweden, 2017
In 2017, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 24.2% compared to 2016, reaching 59,237.
Sweden accounts for 8.0% of the EU-27 total of 736,199.
Sweden ranks 5th 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 34.6% (from 43,999 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.