Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors - annual data

In 2022, Sweden's asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors increased by 18.3% compared to 2021, reaching 645.0.

Sweden accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 39,180.

Sweden ranks 10th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 53.4% (from 1,385 in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00194, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.