Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Austria's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 101.9% compared to 2015, reaching 30,370.

Austria accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

Austria ranks 4th 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 643.5% (from 4,085 in 2011).

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