Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

In 2021, Sweden's asylum applicants by type increased by 0.9% compared to 2020, reaching 20,375.

Sweden accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 638,410.

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 29.2% (from 28,795 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.