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First-time asylum applicants in Switzerland

Switzerland received 23,415 first-time asylum applications in 2025.

Measure: First-time asylum applicants Unit: People Data: 2008 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Switzerland, 2025 23,415 People
Change from 2024 +2.9% 2024: 22,750 applicants
European Union, 2025 672,350 applicants Official aggregate
Position in 2025 8th of 32 See the full ranking

First-time asylum applicants in Switzerland 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), 2008 to 2025
Period SwitzerlandEuropean Union
2025 23,415 applicants 672,350 applicants
2024 22,750 applicants 912,835 applicants
2023 26,895 applicants 1,049,905 applicants
2022 23,130 applicants 874,035 applicants
2021 13,295 applicants 536,270 applicants
2020 9,765 applicants 415,475 applicants
2019 12,600 applicants 629,230 applicants
2018 13,535 applicants 564,905 applicants
2017 16,670 applicants 620,465 applicants
2016 25,875 applicants 1,167,075 applicants
2015 38,120 applicants 1,217,185 applicants
2014 22,130 applicants 530,970 applicants
2013 19,440 applicants –
2012 25,965 applicants –
2011 19,445 applicants –
2010 13,535 applicants –
2009 14,490 applicants –
2008 15,180 applicants –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +2.9% from 22,750 applicants in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 38,120 applicants, the figure has changed by −38.6%.
  • Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 8th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.

More for Switzerland

All statistics for Switzerland
Immigration 212,578 immigrants 2024 · Eurostat Emigration 129,786 emigrants 2024 · Eurostat Acquisitions of citizenship 39,912 people 2024 · Eurostat Net migration rate 7.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people 2025 · Eurostat Net migration estimates and projections 5.1 per 1,000 people 2023 · UN Population Division Net migration 37,253 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
Selection
freq=A citizen=TOTAL applicant=FRST sex=T unit=PER age=TOTAL
Observation period
2008 to 2025 for Switzerland
Provider update
3 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat