First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Austria's first-time asylum applications decreased by 43.8% compared to 2024, reaching 12,505.

Austria accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 670,165.

Austria ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.8% (from 13,415 in 2020).

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