Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Italy's asylum positive decreased by 0.6% compared to 2024, reaching 5,965.

Italy accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 166,905.

Italy 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 grown by 30.2% (from 4,580 in 2020).

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