migr_asyappctzm · 2014–2026
First-time asylum applications
Persons lodging a first-time application for international protection in a given member state.
At a glance
In 2025, the EU-27 figure for first-time asylum applications was 670,165 .
That is a 26.6% fell versus 2024 (912,835).
Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 61.3% higher.
Across member states, France reported the highest value (41,935, 2026) and Hungary the lowest (30, 2026) — a ratio of 1397.8× between the two ends of the range.
The figures below come from Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm; every value links back to the canonical source.
EU-27 · 2026
144,780
HIGHEST · 2026
France
41,935
LOWEST · 2026
Hungary
30
Map · 2026
30.0 41.9k
Ranking · 2026
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- France 41.9k
- Italy 41.8k
- Spain 40.5k
- Germany 33.3k
- Greece 13.5k
- Netherlands 10.2k
- Belgium 7.8k
- Ireland 4.0k
- Austria 2.7k
- Poland 2.2k
- Sweden 1.4k
- Bulgaria 825
- European Union (27) 144.8k
Country × year heatmap · all values
5.0 722.4k
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 France FR · 2026 41,935
- #2 Italy IT · 2026 41,795
- #3 Spain ES · 2026 40,465
- #4 Germany DE · 2026 33,315
- #5 Greece EL · 2026 13,540
- #6 Netherlands NL · 2026 10,190
- #7 Belgium BE · 2026 7,810
- #8 Ireland IE · 2026 4,030
- #9 Austria AT · 2026 2,695
- #10 Poland PL · 2026 2,205
- #11 Sweden SE · 2026 1,435
- #12 Bulgaria BG · 2026 825
- #13 Finland FI · 2026 685
- #14 Cyprus CY · 2026 645
- #15 Denmark DK · 2026 500
- #16 Slovenia SI · 2026 500
- #17 Portugal PT · 2026 375
- #18 Luxembourg LU · 2026 325
- #19 Estonia EE · 2026 240
- #20 Czechia CZ · 2026 230
- #21 Croatia HR · 2026 205
- #22 Romania RO · 2026 190
- #23 Lithuania LT · 2026 95
- #24 Malta MT · 2026 60
- #25 Slovakia SK · 2026 40
- #26 Latvia LV · 2026 35
- #27 Hungary HU · 2026 30
By year
Source:
Eurostat · migr_asyappctzm