First residence permits issued (total)

In 2016, Finland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 23.7% compared to 2015, reaching 28,292.

Finland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.

Finland ranks 14th 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 39.9% (from 20,230 in 2011).

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