FI · 2020 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Finland, 2020
In 2020, Finland's first-time asylum applications decreased by 40.7% compared to 2019, reaching 1,460.
Finland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 415,480.
Finland ranks 18th 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 95.5% (from 32,150 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.