SE · 2020 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Sweden, 2020
First residence permits issued (total)
74,852
Sweden, 2020
▼ 30.2% vs 2019 (107,212)
Analysis
In 2020, Sweden's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 30.2% compared to 2019, reaching 74,852.
Sweden accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.
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 fallen by 32.3% (from 110,623 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#7 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
3.2%
EU-27: 2,332,051
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst