SE · 2023 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Sweden, 2023
First residence permits issued (total)
76,718
Sweden, 2023
▼ 9.5% vs 2022 (84,788)
Analysis
In 2023, Sweden's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 9.5% compared to 2022, reaching 76,718.
Sweden accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.
Sweden ranks 11th 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 37.8% (from 123,433 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
2.0%
EU-27: 3,821,562
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst