SE · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Sweden, 2017
In 2017, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 46.2% compared to 2016, reaching 40,134.
Sweden accounts for 5.7% of the EU-27 total of 704,527.
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 93.5% (from 20,744 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.