First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Sweden's first-time asylum applications decreased by 27.3% compared to 2024, reaching 4,935.

Sweden accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 669,820.

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 58.2% (from 11,800 in 2020).

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