First-time asylum applicants by country, 2025
People who lodged an application for international protection in the country for the first time during the year. Repeat applications are excluded.
32 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Spain (141,055 applicants). Lowest: Liechtenstein (80 applicants). The median is 2,403 applicants.
Highest 10
- 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
Lowest 10
- 32. Liechtenstein 80 applicants
- 31. Hungary 110 applicants
- 30. Slovakia 130 applicants
- 29. Montenegro 145 applicants
- 28. Lithuania 330 applicants
- 27. Malta 405 applicants
- 26. Croatia 845 applicants
- 25. Czechia 935 applicants
- 24. Estonia 1,005 applicants
- 23. Romania 1,145 applicants
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Source: Eurostat.
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%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 141,055 applicantsp (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 2 | Italy | 128,655 applicants | 2025 | |
| 3 | France | 116,475 applicants | 2025 | |
| 4 | Germany | 113,235 applicants | 2025 | |
| 5 | Greece | 55,380 applicants | 2025 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 27,540 applicants | 2025 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | 24,115 applicants | 2025 | |
| 8 | Switzerland | 23,415 applicants | 2025 | |
| 9 | Ireland | 12,975 applicants | 2025 | |
| 10 | Austria | 12,505 applicants | 2025 | |
| 11 | Poland | 11,155 applicants | 2025 | |
| 12 | Sweden | 5,100 applicants | 2025 | |
| 13 | Slovenia | 3,965 applicants | 2025 | |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 3,800 applicants | 2025 | |
| 15 | Norway | 3,320 applicants | 2025 | |
| 16 | Cyprus | 2,835 applicants | 2025 | |
| 17 | Finland | 1,970 applicants | 2025 | |
| 18 | Denmark | 1,865 applicants | 2025 | |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 1,770 applicants | 2025 | |
| 20 | Portugal | 1,755 applicants | 2025 | |
| 21 | Iceland | 1,660 applicants | 2025 | |
| 22 | Latvia | 1,290 applicants | 2025 | |
| 23 | Romania | 1,145 applicants | 2025 | |
| 24 | Estonia | 1,005 applicants | 2025 | |
| 25 | Czechia | 935 applicants | 2025 | |
| 26 | Croatia | 845 applicants | 2025 | |
| 27 | Malta | 405 applicants | 2025 | |
| 28 | Lithuania | 330 applicants | 2025 | |
| 29 | Montenegro | 145 applicants | 2025 | |
| 30 | Slovakia | 130 applicants | 2025 | |
| 31 | Hungary | 110 applicants | 2025 | |
| 32 | Liechtenstein | 80 applicants | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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