First residence permits — work

In 2024, Finland's first residence permits decreased by 26.5% compared to 2023, reaching 11,332.

Finland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Finland ranks 21st 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 37.7% (from 8,228 in 2019).

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