First residence permits — family

In 2014, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 7.2% compared to 2013, reaching 46,262.

Sweden accounts for 7.9% of the EU-27 total of 584,934.

Sweden ranks 5th 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 22.1% (from 37,890 in 2009).

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