Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Sweden's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 28.4% compared to 2020, reaching 3,900.

Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

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 94.1% (from 66,590 in 2016).

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