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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 11.1 Number per hundred thousand persons