Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2024, Sweden's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 36.8% compared to 2023, reaching 3,320.

Sweden accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 387,615.

Sweden ranks 13th 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 51.9% (from 6,905 in 2019).

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