Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Sweden's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 49.5% compared to 2023, reaching 9,690.

Sweden accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

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 63.3% (from 26,370 in 2019).

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