SE · 2017 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum positive first-instance decisions
Sweden, 2017
In 2017, Sweden's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 60.2% compared to 2016, reaching 26,510.
Sweden accounts for 6.2% of the EU-27 total of 428,730.
Sweden ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 113.8% (from 12,400 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.