First residence permits — family

In 2023, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 3.4% compared to 2022, reaching 34,938.

Sweden accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

Sweden ranks 7th 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 40.7% (from 58,939 in 2018).

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