First residence permits — family

In 2024, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 6.1% compared to 2023, reaching 32,819.

Sweden accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

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 32.6% (from 48,659 in 2019).

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