Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Sweden's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 59.2% compared to 2017, reaching 10,825.

Sweden accounts for 5.2% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

Sweden ranks 6th 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 54.9% (from 24,020 in 2013).

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