First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Poland
Poland: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 84.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Poland, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Poland is 84.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Poland peaked at 91.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 54.2%, in 2020.
Poland ranks 26th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Poland, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 84.5% | — |
| 2009 | 91.1% | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 66.2% | -27.3% |
| 2011 | 72.4% | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 85.3% | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 91.7% | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 69.9% | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 84.1% | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 79.5% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 59.5% | -25.2% |
| 2018 | 58.5% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 68.0% | +16.2% |
| 2020 | 54.2% | -20.3% |
| 2021 | 80.0% | +47.6% |
| 2022 | 78.5% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 81.5% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 85.5% | +4.9% |
| 2025 | 84.4% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.8% | 84.5% | 91.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 73.5% | 58.5% | 91.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.4% | 54.2% | 85.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Poland?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Poland was 84.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 91.7% in 2013.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.2% in 2020.
- How does Poland rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Poland ranks 26th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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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