First-time asylum applicants - per thousand persons by country

Countries reporting
40
Highest
5.34 Number
Greece
Lowest
0.01 Number
Hungary
Median
0.695 Number
Years covered
18
2008–2025
Data points
661

What the numbers show

First-time asylum applicants - per thousand persons is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 5.34 Number in Greece; the lowest is 0.01 Number in Hungary.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.695 Number, and the mean is 1.2 Number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 534.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 1,330.8%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 99.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 5.34 Number 2025 up 408.6% volatile
2 Iceland 4.26 Number 2025 up 290.8% volatile
3 Cyprus 2.88 Number 2025 up 17.6% volatile
4 Spain 2.87 Number 2025 up 825.8% volatile
5 Luxembourg 2.6 Number 2025 down 37.9% falling
6 Switzerland 2.57 Number 2025 down 44.4% flat
7 Ireland 2.39 Number 2025 up 241.4% volatile
8 Belgium 2.31 Number 2025 down 33.4% rising
9 Italy 2.18 Number 2025 up 59.1% volatile
10 Liechtenstein 1.96 Number 2025 down 4.4% falling
11 Slovenia 1.86 Number 2025 up 1,330.8% volatile
11 Slovenia 1.86 Number 2025 up 1,330.8% volatile
13 France 1.69 Number 2025 up 59.4% rising
14 Germany 1.35 Number 2025 down 75.2% volatile
14 Austria 1.35 Number 2025 down 86.4% volatile
16 Netherlands 1.33 Number 2025 down 47.8% rising
16 Netherlands 1.33 Number 2025 down 47.8% rising
18 Estonia 0.73 Number 2025 up 329.4% volatile
18 Estonia 0.73 Number 2025 up 329.4% volatile
20 Malta 0.7 Number 2025 down 81.9% volatile
21 Latvia 0.69 Number 2025 up 305.9% volatile
21 Latvia 0.69 Number 2025 up 305.9% volatile
23 Bulgaria 0.59 Number 2025 down 79.4% volatile
23 Norway 0.59 Number 2025 down 90.0% volatile
25 Sweden 0.48 Number 2025 down 97.0% volatile
26 Finland 0.35 Number 2025 down 94.0% volatile
27 Poland 0.31 Number 2025 up 14.8% volatile
27 Denmark 0.31 Number 2025 down 91.6% volatile
27 Poland 0.31 Number 2025 up 14.8% volatile
30 Montenegro 0.23 Number 2025 down 95.4% volatile
31 Croatia 0.22 Number 2025 up 633.3% volatile
31 Croatia 0.22 Number 2025 up 633.3% volatile
33 Portugal 0.15 Number 2025 up 87.5% volatile
34 Lithuania 0.11 Number 2025 up 22.2% volatile
34 Lithuania 0.11 Number 2025 up 22.2% volatile
36 Czechia 0.09 Number 2025 down 25.0% rising
37 Romania 0.06 Number 2025 unchanged volatile
38 Slovakia 0.02 Number 2025 down 60.0% falling
38 Slovakia 0.02 Number 2025 down 60.0% falling
40 Hungary 0.01 Number 2025 down 99.9% 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 thousand persons
Unit
Number
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
41 places, 661 data points, 2008–2025
Last refreshed