Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2023, Sweden's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 8.5% compared to 2022, reaching 5,255.

Sweden accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 358,275.

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 51.5% (from 10,825 in 2018).

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