Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Austria's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 78.8% compared to 2020, reaching 18,765.

Austria accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Austria ranks 7th 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 55.8% (from 42,415 in 2016).

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