DK · 2020 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Denmark, 2020
In 2020, Denmark's first-time asylum applications decreased by 45.8% compared to 2019, reaching 1,435.
Denmark accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 415,480.
Denmark ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 93.1% (from 20,850 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.