Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2025, Sweden's asylum negative first-instance decisions decreased by 14.8% compared to 2024, reaching 5,425.

Sweden accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 506,860.

Sweden ranks 10th 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 71.4% (from 18,970 in 2020).

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