SE · 2015 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum positive — refugee status
Sweden, 2015
In 2015, Sweden's asylum positive increased by 24.4% compared to 2014, reaching 12,740.
Sweden accounts for 5.9% of the EU-27 total of 217,285.
Sweden ranks 3rd 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 558.4% (from 1,935 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.