First-time asylum applications

In 2024, Austria's first-time asylum applications decreased by 60.4% compared to 2023, reaching 22,260.

Austria accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 912,835.

Austria ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 102.1% (from 11,015 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.