SE · 2020 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Sweden, 2020
First residence permits — work
17,313
Sweden, 2020
▼ 32.3% vs 2019 (25,556)
Analysis
In 2020, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 32.3% compared to 2019, reaching 17,313.
Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.
Sweden ranks 10th 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 10.1% (from 15,726 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
1.9%
EU-27: 935,232
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst