Asylum positive — humanitarian protection

In 2020, Sweden's asylum positive decreased by 48.4% compared to 2019, reaching 240.

Sweden accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 55,425.

Sweden ranks 6th out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 83.9% (from 1,495 in 2015).

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