Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Sweden's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 11.0% compared to 2024, reaching 8,625.

Sweden accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 833,835.

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 64.7% (from 24,425 in 2020).

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