First residence permits — work

In 2021, Finland's first residence permits increased by 37.9% compared to 2020, reaching 10,498.

Finland accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

Finland ranks 17th 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 117.2% (from 4,833 in 2016).

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