First residence permits — family

In 2018, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 0.5% compared to 2017, reaching 58,939.

Sweden accounts for 7.2% of the EU-27 total of 814,233.

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 36.6% (from 43,156 in 2013).

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