First residence permits issued (total)

In 2022, Finland's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 41.8% compared to 2021, reaching 44,880.

Finland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.

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 78.5% (from 25,147 in 2017).

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