Number of accepted grants of asylum in Sweden from 2008-2016

The data displays the annual growth figures of successful grants of asylum for refugees in Sweden from 2008 until 2016. When comparing 2008 to 2016, there has been an overall increase of almost 59 thousand refugees successfully qualifying for asylum in Sweden. The peak was in 2016 at approx. 66.6 thousand. Since 2008, Sweden has accepted a total of 198,115 refugees.