First residence permits — work

In 2023, Sweden's first residence permits decreased by 20.6% compared to 2022, reaching 19,124.

Sweden accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

Sweden ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.1% (from 23,926 in 2018).

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