First-time asylum applicants in Iceland
Iceland received 1,660 first-time asylum applications in 2025.
Iceland, 2025
1,660
Change from 2024
−10.8%
European Union, 2025
672,350 applicants
Position in 2025
21st of 32
First-time asylum applicants in Iceland over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,660 applicants | 672,350 applicants |
| 2024 | 1,860 applicants | 912,835 applicants |
| 2023 | 4,120 applicants | 1,049,905 applicants |
| 2022 | 4,530 applicants | 874,035 applicants |
| 2021 | 865 applicants | 536,270 applicants |
| 2020 | 625 applicants | 415,475 applicants |
| 2019 | 805 applicants | 629,230 applicants |
| 2018 | 730 applicants | 564,905 applicants |
| 2017 | 1,065 applicants | 620,465 applicants |
| 2016 | 1,100 applicants | 1,167,075 applicants |
| 2015 | 360 applicants | 1,217,185 applicants |
| 2014 | – | 530,970 applicants |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −10.8% from 1,860 applicants in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 360 applicants, the figure has changed by +361.1%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Iceland has the 21st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Immigration
9,946 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
5,700 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
638 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
11.9 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
2,709 people
2025 · World Bank