First-time asylum applicants
People who lodged an application for international protection in the country for the first time during the year. Repeat applications are excluded.
32 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria | Malta |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,505 applicants | 405 applicants |
| 2024 | 22,255 applicants | 440 applicants |
| 2023 | 56,160 applicants | 490 applicants |
| 2022 | 109,800 applicants | 915 applicants |
| 2021 | 37,830 applicants | 1,200 applicants |
| 2020 | 13,415 applicants | 2,410 applicants |
| 2019 | 11,010 applicants | 4,015 applicants |
| 2018 | 11,610 applicants | 2,035 applicants |
| 2017 | 22,470 applicants | 1,610 applicants |
| 2016 | 39,905 applicants | 1,735 applicants |
| 2015 | 85,520 applicants | 1,695 applicants |
| 2014 | 25,700 applicants | 1,275 applicants |
| 2013 | – | 2,200 applicants |
| 2012 | – | 2,060 applicants |
| 2011 | – | 1,865 applicants |
| 2010 | – | 145 applicants |
| 2009 | – | 2,385 applicants |
| 2008 | – | 2,605 applicants |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 32 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Spain (141,055 applicants) and the lowest Liechtenstein (80 applicants).
- Half of the countries are above 2,403 applicants and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 6 countries and fell in 26.
- The figure for the European Union was 672,350 applicants in 2025, against 415,475 applicants in 2020 (+61.8%).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Spain 141,055 applicantsp (provisional)
- 2 Italy 128,655 applicants
- 3 France 116,475 applicants
- 4 Germany 113,235 applicants
- 5 Greece 55,380 applicants
- 6 Belgium 27,540 applicants
- 7 Netherlands 24,115 applicants
- 8 Switzerland 23,415 applicants
- 9 Ireland 12,975 applicants
- 10 Austria 12,505 applicants
- 11 Poland 11,155 applicants
- 12 Sweden 5,100 applicants
- 13 Slovenia 3,965 applicants
- 14 Bulgaria 3,800 applicants
- 15 Norway 3,320 applicants
- 16 Cyprus 2,835 applicants
- 17 Finland 1,970 applicants
- 18 Denmark 1,865 applicants
- 19 Luxembourg 1,770 applicants
- 20 Portugal 1,755 applicants
- 21 Iceland 1,660 applicants
- 22 Latvia 1,290 applicants
- 23 Romania 1,145 applicants
- 24 Estonia 1,005 applicants
- 25 Czechia 935 applicants
- 26 Croatia 845 applicants
- 27 Malta 405 applicants
- 28 Lithuania 330 applicants
- 29 Montenegro 145 applicants
- 30 Slovakia 130 applicants
- 31 Hungary 110 applicants
- 32 Liechtenstein 80 applicants
- European Union 672,350 applicants
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.