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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 1.49 Number