First residence permits — education

In 2019, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 5.9% compared to 2018, reaching 11,720.

Sweden accounts for 2.9% of the EU-27 total of 408,104.

Sweden ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.5% (from 9,194 in 2014).

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