SE · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Sweden, 2017
In 2017, Sweden's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 12.6% compared to 2016, reaching 128,245.
Sweden accounts for 4.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
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 42.1% (from 90,248 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.