AT · 2016 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Austria, 2016
In 2016, Austria's first-time asylum applications decreased by 53.3% compared to 2015, reaching 39,905.
Austria accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,167,070.
Austria ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.