First residence permits — education

In 2021, Finland's first residence permits increased by 81.4% compared to 2020, reaching 5,895.

Finland accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Finland ranks 13th 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 8.9% (from 6,470 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.