Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2020, Sweden's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 21.1% compared to 2019, reaching 5,450.

Sweden accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 212,840.

Sweden ranks 9th 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 83.2% (from 32,360 in 2015).

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