First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Iceland
Iceland: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 96.8% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
96.8%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
9th
of 40 countries
All-time high
99.5%
in 2022
All-time low
94.2%
in 2018
Years of data
11
2015–2025
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Iceland, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 96.8% for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Iceland peaked at 99.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 94.2%, in 2018.
Iceland ranks 9th of 40 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 97.6% | — |
| 2016 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 94.2% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 95.4% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 97.3% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 99.3% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 99.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 96.7% | -2.5% |
| 2025 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 96.6% | 94.2% | 98.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 98.1% | 96.7% | 99.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Iceland?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Iceland was 96.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.2% in 2018.
- How does Iceland rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Iceland ranks 9th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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