SE · 2022 · migr_asydcfsta

Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

Sweden, 2022

Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
16,835
Sweden, 2022
▼ 2.0% vs 2021 (17,185)
Analysis

In 2022, Sweden's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 2.0% compared to 2021, reaching 16,835.

Sweden accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 639,310.

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 72.2% (from 60,625 in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
2.6%
EU-27: 639,310
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