First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Denmark's first-time asylum applications decreased by 15.8% compared to 2024, reaching 1,860.

Denmark accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 670,165.

Denmark ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 29.6% (from 1,435 in 2020).

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