First residence permits — education

In 2021, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 56.6% compared to 2020, reaching 10,705.

Sweden accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Sweden ranks 10th 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 21.6% (from 8,803 in 2016).

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