Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Austria's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 77.1% compared to 2020, reaching 12,105.

Austria accounts for 6.0% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

Austria ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 60.1% (from 30,370 in 2016).

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