First-time asylum applicants in Montenegro
Montenegro received 145 first-time asylum applications in 2025.
Montenegro, 2025
145
Change from 2024
+11.5%
European Union, 2025
672,350 applicants
Position in 2025
29th of 32
First-time asylum applicants in Montenegro over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Montenegro | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 applicants | 672,350 applicants |
| 2024 | 130 applicants | 912,835 applicants |
| 2023 | 145 applicants | 1,049,905 applicants |
| 2022 | 180 applicants | 874,035 applicants |
| 2021 | 270 applicants | 536,270 applicants |
| 2020 | 540 applicants | 415,475 applicants |
| 2019 | 1,920 applicants | 629,230 applicants |
| 2018 | 3,105 applicants | 564,905 applicants |
| 2017 | – | 620,465 applicants |
| 2016 | – | 1,167,075 applicants |
| 2015 | – | 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 +11.5% from 130 applicants in 2024.
- Since 2018, when it was 3,105 applicants, the figure has changed by −95.3%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Montenegro has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.
More for Montenegro
All statistics for Montenegro
Immigration
20,016 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
-1.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
18.9 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
-9,279 people
2025 · World Bank
International migrant stock
14.4%
2024 · World Bank
Personal remittances received
9.7%
2025 · World Bank