SE · 2020 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Sweden, 2020
In 2020, Sweden's first-time asylum applications decreased by 43.3% compared to 2019, reaching 11,800.
Sweden accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 415,480.
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 92.4% (from 156,200 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.