SE · 2020 · migr_resfirst

First residence permits — work

Sweden, 2020

First residence permits — work
17,313
Sweden, 2020
▼ 32.3% vs 2019 (25,556)
Analysis

In 2020, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 32.3% compared to 2019, reaching 17,313.

Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

Sweden ranks 10th 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 10.1% (from 15,726 in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
1.9%
EU-27: 935,232
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