Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2018, Sweden's asylum negative first-instance decisions decreased by 29.5% compared to 2017, reaching 24,045.

Sweden accounts for 6.9% of the EU-27 total of 349,110.

Sweden ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 99.6% (from 12,045 in 2013).

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