SE · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Sweden, 2013
In 2013, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 7.2% compared to 2012, reaching 17,189.
Sweden accounts for 4.0% of the EU-27 total of 425,436.
Sweden ranks 7th 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 20.5% (from 14,259 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.