First-time asylum applicants - per hundred thousand persons, monthly data by country
Countries reporting
32
Highest
42.4
Greece
Lowest
0.1
Hungary
Median
5.55
Years covered
19
2008–2026
Data points
558
What the numbers show
First-time asylum applicants - per hundred thousand persons, monthly data is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 42.4 in Greece; the lowest is 0.1 in Hungary.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.55, and the mean is 10.35.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 424.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 657.1%), 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 | 42.4 | 2026 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Iceland | 36.8 | 2026 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Spain | 21.2 | 2026 | up 657.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 20.6 | 2026 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 5 | Switzerland | 19.9 | 2026 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 6 | Ireland | 19.7 | 2026 | up 405.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Cyprus | 19.2 | 2026 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 18.6 | 2026 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 9 | Italy | 18.4 | 2026 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Belgium | 16.5 | 2026 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 11 | France | 13 | 2026 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 12.4 | 2026 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Netherlands | 12.1 | 2026 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 9.4 | 2026 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Austria | 9.4 | 2026 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Latvia | 6.1 | 2026 | up 306.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Malta | 5 | 2026 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Estonia | 4.8 | 2026 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Norway | 4.4 | 2026 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 4.1 | 2026 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Sweden | 3.3 | 2026 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Finland | 2.8 | 2026 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Montenegro | 2.3 | 2026 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Denmark | 2.3 | 2026 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Poland | 1.6 | 2026 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Croatia | 1.6 | 2026 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Portugal | 1.1 | 2026 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Lithuania | 0.9 | 2026 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.7 | 2026 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 0.4 | 2026 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Slovakia | 0.2 | 2026 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Hungary | 0.1 | 2026 | down 99.6% | volatile |