SE · 2015 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Sweden, 2015
In 2015, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 5.1% compared to 2014, reaching 39,568.
Sweden accounts for 9.1% of the EU-27 total of 435,447.
Sweden ranks 2nd 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 139.8% (from 16,502 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.