SE · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Sweden, 2016
In 2016, Sweden's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 32.6% compared to 2015, reaching 146,740.
Sweden accounts for 5.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.
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 grown by 93.8% (from 75,734 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.