SE · 2023 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Sweden, 2023
In 2023, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 18.9% compared to 2022, reaching 11,045.
Sweden accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 985,144.
Sweden ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 62.6% (from 29,497 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.