SE · 2022 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Sweden, 2022
First residence permits issued (total)
84,788
Sweden, 2022
▲ 1.9% vs 2021 (83,212)
Analysis
In 2022, Sweden's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 1.9% compared to 2021, reaching 84,788.
Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.
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 fallen by 33.9% (from 128,245 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
2.4%
EU-27: 3,564,926
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst