First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Sweden's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 12.9% compared to 2023, reaching 66,817.

Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

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 fallen by 37.7% (from 107,212 in 2019).

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