First residence permits — work

In 2018, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 31.9% compared to 2017, reaching 23,926.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.

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 grown by 39.2% (from 17,189 in 2013).

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