Sweden: successful grants of asylum 2022

The annual growth figures of successful grants of asylum for refugees in Sweden when comparing 2012 to 2022, shows there has been an overall decrease of almost 3,400 refugees successfully qualifying for asylum in Sweden. The peak was in 2016 at approximately 66.6 thousand. Since 2012, Sweden has accepted a total of 212,900 asylum.

Annual number of successful grants of asylum for refugees in Sweden from 2012 to 2022

Characteristic	Number of accepted immigrants
2022	3,395
2021	2,955
2020	4,425
2019	6,065
2018	10,650
2017	26,775
2016	66,585
2015	32,360
2014	30,650
2013	24,020
2012	12,400

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

2011 to 2022

Special properties

First instance decisions on applications

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Total number of positive decisions refers to the sum of decisions granting refugee status, subsidiary protection status, authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons (for countries where applicable) and temporary protection."

This data was obtained from the Eurostat database with code MIGR_ASYDCFSTA

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