Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2023, Netherlands's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 3.0% compared to 2022, reaching 17,925.

Netherlands accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 677,820.

Netherlands ranks 9th 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 74.3% (from 10,285 in 2018).

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