First residence permits — family

In 2016, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 2.9% compared to 2015, reaching 47,697.

Sweden accounts for 6.9% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

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 32.7% (from 35,934 in 2011).

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