First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Sweden's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 11.2% compared to 2020, reaching 83,212.

Sweden accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Sweden ranks 8th 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 43.3% (from 146,740 in 2016).

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