SE · 2019 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Sweden, 2019
In 2019, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 6.8% compared to 2018, reaching 25,556.
Sweden accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.
Sweden ranks 9th 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 72.0% (from 14,857 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.