First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Slovakia
Slovakia: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 82.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Slovakia, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Slovakia stood at 82.7%.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Slovakia peaked at 94.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 58.6%, in 2010.
Slovakia ranks 28th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 58.6% | — |
| 2011 | 65.0% | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 75.2% | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 65.6% | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 69.6% | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 82.1% | +18.0% |
| 2016 | 68.3% | -16.8% |
| 2017 | 91.9% | +34.6% |
| 2018 | 87.4% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 92.2% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 94.7% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 89.4% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 91.9% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 90.5% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 87.5% | -3.3% |
| 2025 | 82.7% | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.6% | 58.6% | 92.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.5% | 82.7% | 94.7% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Slovakia?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Slovakia was 82.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.6% in 2010.
- How does Slovakia rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Slovakia ranks 28th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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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