First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Finland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 35.0% compared to 2020, reaching 31,642.

Finland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Finland ranks 16th 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 11.8% (from 28,292 in 2016).

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