Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Sweden's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 34.2% compared to 2024, reaching 2,185.

Sweden accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 325,960.

Sweden ranks 11th 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 59.9% (from 5,450 in 2020).

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