First residence permits — work

In 2022, Sweden's first residence permits increased by 14.1% compared to 2021, reaching 24,082.

Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,265,871.

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 grown by 32.8% (from 18,138 in 2017).

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