First-time asylum applicants - per hundred thousand persons, monthly data by country

Countries reporting
40
Highest
42.3 Number per hundred thousand persons
Greece
Lowest
0.1 Number per hundred thousand persons
Hungary
Median
5 Number per hundred thousand persons
Years covered
19
2008–2026
Data points
702

What the numbers show

First-time asylum applicants - per hundred thousand persons, monthly data is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 42.3 Number per hundred thousand persons in Greece; the lowest is 0.1 Number per hundred thousand persons in Hungary.

The median across all reporting countries is 5 Number per hundred thousand persons, and the mean is 9.14 Number per hundred thousand persons.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 423.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 596.4%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 99.6%).

First-time asylum applicants - per hundred thousand persons, monthly: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 42.3 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 9.3% volatile
2 Iceland 36.7 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 33.0% volatile
3 Liechtenstein 20.6 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 20.5% falling
4 Ireland 19.8 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 407.7% volatile
5 Switzerland 19.5 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 24.4% flat
5 Spain 19.5 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 596.4% volatile
7 Italy 18.4 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 9.5% volatile
8 Luxembourg 18.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 39.3% falling
9 Cyprus 18 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 34.3% volatile
10 Belgium 15.9 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 51.4% rising
11 France 13 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 35.4% rising
12 Slovenia 12.4 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 143.1% volatile
13 Netherlands 12.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 27.4% rising
14 Netherlands 12 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 26.3% rising
15 Slovenia 11.5 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 125.5% volatile
16 Austria 9.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 76.2% volatile
16 Germany 9.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 87.6% volatile
18 Latvia 7 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 366.7% volatile
19 Latvia 6.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 306.7% volatile
20 Malta 5.2 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 83.8% volatile
21 Estonia 4.8 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 433.3% volatile
22 Estonia 4.6 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 411.1% volatile
23 Norway 4.2 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 19.2% volatile
24 Bulgaria 4.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 82.0% volatile
25 Sweden 3.2 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 83.1% volatile
26 Finland 2.8 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 65.0% volatile
27 Montenegro 2.3 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 94.5% volatile
27 Denmark 2.3 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 73.9% volatile
29 Poland 1.6 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 23.8% volatile
29 Croatia 1.6 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 62.8% volatile
29 Croatia 1.6 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 62.8% volatile
32 Poland 1.5 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 28.6% volatile
33 Portugal 1.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 up 83.3% volatile
34 Lithuania 0.9 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 25.0% volatile
34 Lithuania 0.9 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 25.0% volatile
36 Czechia 0.8 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 11.1% rising
37 Romania 0.4 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 50.0% volatile
38 Slovakia 0.2 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 unchanged falling
38 Slovakia 0.2 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 unchanged falling
40 Hungary 0.1 Number per hundred thousand persons 2026 down 99.6% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
First-time asylum applicants - per hundred thousand persons, monthly data
Unit
Number per hundred thousand persons
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
41 places, 702 data points, 2008–2026
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