First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants by country
Countries reporting
40
Highest
100.0%
Montenegro
Lowest
57.9%
Sweden
Median
90.4%
Years covered
18
2008–2025
Data points
661
What the numbers show
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Montenegro; the lowest is 57.9% in Sweden.
The median across all reporting countries is 90.4%, and the mean is 87.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Liechtenstein (up 5.2%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 39.8%).
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 3 | Portugal | 99.3% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 4 | Estonia | 98.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Estonia | 98.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 6 | Ireland | 98.6% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 7 | Spain | 98.1% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 97.6% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 9 | Iceland | 96.8% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Romania | 96.5% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Hungary | 96.4% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 96.3% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 95.8% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 14 | Slovenia | 95.0% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 14 | Slovenia | 95.0% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 95.0% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 17 | Netherlands | 93.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 17 | Netherlands | 93.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 92.5% | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 20 | Switzerland | 90.9% | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 21 | Greece | 89.9% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 22 | Latvia | 87.4% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 22 | Latvia | 87.4% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 24 | Lithuania | 86.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 86.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 84.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 26 | Poland | 84.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 28 | Slovakia | 82.7% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 82.7% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 80.0% | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 78.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 77.8% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | France | 76.8% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 34 | Austria | 75.0% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 35 | Malta | 74.0% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 36 | Croatia | 71.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 36 | Croatia | 71.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 38 | Germany | 67.2% | 2025 | down 27.5% | flat |
| 39 | Cyprus | 61.5% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 40 | Sweden | 57.9% | 2025 | down 39.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.