How well do migrants integrate into Nordic societies? New data on migration and integration in the Nordics available
Integration, Arbete, Migration & utveckling, Utbildning
3 mar 2025
The Nordic Statistics Database has released updated data on migration and integration, providing valuable insights into labour markets, education, and social trends. This harmonized and comparable dataset helps researchers, policymakers, and the public in understanding how integration unfolds across generations in the Nordic countries. A key tool for accessing this data is the updated integration and migration dashboard, which offers a user-friendly overview of foreign-born individuals and their descendants across the Nordics.
Why do we need Nordic data?
The integration and migration dataset is crucial for understanding how migration shapes Nordic societies. Its value lies in cross-country comparability, as this dataset follows harmonized key indicators, allowing for direct comparisons. By distinguishing between foreign-born individuals and their descendants, the data provides insights beyond first-generation migrants. Filtering by region of birth, duration of stay, and other factors helps reveal patterns in integration. Employment and education outcomes are key indicators that help assess economic and social inclusion. Developed in collaboration with national statistical institutes, the dataset serves as a solid foundation for policymaking on migration and integration.
Noteworthy Findings
The dashboard offers interactive data visualization and filtering options, making it easier than ever to explore labor market participation and employment rates, educational attainment and enrollment trends, and demographic and population composition. Users can refine their search by region of birth, duration of stay, and reasons for residence permits. Each graph includes links to the source matrices with additional details and metadata. Explore the data and track migration trends in the Nordic Statistics Database.
Reliable, comparable data is essential for shaping policies that support social and economic inclusion. This new dashboard makes it easier to track long-term integration trends and compare developments across the Nordic countries, says Vitor Miranda, who leads Nordregio’s work on the Nordic Statistics Database.
A joint Nordic effort
Since 2015, the Nordic Statistical Institutes have collaborated on migration and integration statistics with funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers. The first results were published in 2018, and the latest data update was carried out in 2024. Data for Iceland is currently pending due to ongoing methodological revisions by Statistics Iceland.
Explore the Nordic Statistics Database.
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