First residence permits — family

In 2021, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 0.1% compared to 2020, reaching 37,371.

Sweden accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

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 fallen by 21.6% (from 47,697 in 2016).

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