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First-time asylum applicants in Austria

Austria received 12,505 first-time asylum applications in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.

Measure: First-time asylum applicants Unit: People Data: 2014 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2025 12,505 People
Change from 2024 −43.8% 2024: 22,255 applicants
European Union, 2025 672,350 applicants Official aggregate
Position in 2025 10th of 32 See the full ranking

First-time asylum applicants in Austria over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

First-time asylum applicants (people), 2014 to 2025
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2025 12,505 applicants 672,350 applicants
2024 22,255 applicants 912,835 applicants
2023 56,160 applicants 1,049,905 applicants
2022 109,800 applicants 874,035 applicants
2021 37,830 applicants 536,270 applicants
2020 13,415 applicants 415,475 applicants
2019 11,010 applicants 629,230 applicants
2018 11,610 applicants 564,905 applicants
2017 22,470 applicants 620,465 applicants
2016 39,905 applicants 1,167,075 applicants
2015 85,520 applicants 1,217,185 applicants
2014 25,700 applicants 530,970 applicants

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −43.8% from 22,255 applicants in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 85,520 applicants, the figure has changed by −85.4%.
  • Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 10th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.

More for Austria

All statistics for Austria
Immigration 128,805 immigrants 2024 · Eurostat Emigration 81,477 emigrants 2024 · Eurostat Acquisitions of citizenship 13,036 people 2024 · Eurostat Net migration rate 3.3 per 1,000 people 2025 · Eurostat Net migration estimates and projections 0.5 per 1,000 people 2023 · UN Population Division Net migration 11,254 people 2025 · World Bank

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_asyappctza · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A citizen=TOTAL applicant=FRST sex=T unit=PER age=TOTAL
Observation period
2014 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update
3 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat