First residence permits — work

In 2020, Finland's first residence permits decreased by 7.5% compared to 2019, reaching 7,614.

Finland accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

Finland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 66.5% (from 4,573 in 2015).

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