First residence permits — other

In 2024, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 27.5% compared to 2023, reaching 8,012.

Sweden accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 888,784.

Sweden ranks 13th 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 62.3% (from 21,277 in 2019).

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