SE · 2019 · migr_resfirst

First residence permits — work

Sweden, 2019

First residence permits — work
25,556
Sweden, 2019
▲ 6.8% vs 2018 (23,926)
Analysis

In 2019, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 6.8% compared to 2018, reaching 25,556.

Sweden accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.

Sweden ranks 9th 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 72.0% (from 14,857 in 2014).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
2.1%
EU-27: 1,202,233
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