Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Sweden's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 29.6% compared to 2020, reaching 17,185.

Sweden accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Sweden ranks 8th 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 82.1% (from 95,845 in 2016).

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