SE · 2014 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Sweden, 2014
In 2014, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 13.6% compared to 2013, reaching 14,857.
Sweden accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 456,193.
Sweden ranks 6th 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 21.7% (from 18,978 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.