SE · 2020 · tps00191
Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
Sweden, 2020
Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
20,195
Sweden, 2020
▼ 33.4% vs 2019 (30,325)
Analysis
In 2020, Sweden's asylum applicants by type decreased by 33.4% compared to 2019, reaching 20,195.
Sweden accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 476,360.
Sweden ranks 6th 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 87.6% (from 162,450 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
4.2%
EU-27: 476,360
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00191