First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Netherlands
Netherlands: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 93.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Netherlands, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 93.3% for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Netherlands peaked at 96.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.8%, in 2012.
Netherlands ranks 17th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 87.7% | — |
| 2009 | 92.2% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 88.0% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 79.2% | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 73.8% | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 75.1% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 88.9% | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 95.7% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 92.1% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 88.4% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 85.2% | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 89.2% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 93.2% | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 95.9% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 96.5% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 95.5% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 93.3% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.0% | 87.7% | 92.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 85.6% | 73.8% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.0% | 89.5% | 96.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Netherlands?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Netherlands was 93.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 96.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.8% in 2012.
- How does Netherlands rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Netherlands ranks 17th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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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