Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025
Sweden: US Asylum Outcomes
Signature read: gap versus national average (+1.7 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Sweden's row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 50.0% (roughly in line with the 48.3% national average).
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 50.0%
- Asylum grant rate
- 50.0%
- Asylum denial rate
- 18
- Asylum decisions
Sweden in one line
Sweden's asylum grant rate is 50.0% (mid-band grant rate, roughly in line with the 48.3% national average) across 18 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).
- 50.0%
- Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
- 18
- Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
- +1.7 pp
- vs. national average
- 50.0%
- Asylum denial rate
Sweden nationals' merits outcome mix
18merits decisions FY2015–2025
Sweden vs all nationalities by asylum grant rate
Where this nationality's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked nationality (a case-outcome measure, not a quality ranking)
50% 116th of 196 higher than 80 of 196 nationalities
Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more nationalities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025
Sweden grant-rate neighbors
Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Sweden (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Sweden is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.
Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Sweden nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.
Read our methodology - how Sweden's 18-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Sweden asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025
Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Sweden's grant-rate and caseload figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.