SE · 2015 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
Sweden, 2015
Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
48,685
Sweden, 2015
▲ 21.7% vs 2014 (40,015)
Analysis
In 2015, Sweden's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 21.7% compared to 2014, reaching 48,685.
Sweden accounts for 8.7% of the EU-27 total of 558,860.
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 75.7% (from 27,715 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
8.7%
EU-27: 558,860
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · migr_asydcfsta