Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Romania's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 63.7% compared to 2020, reaching 4,100.

Romania accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Romania ranks 11th 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 216.6% (from 1,295 in 2016).

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