Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Austria's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 51.5% compared to 2024, reaching 10,935.

Austria accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

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 grown by 60.0% (from 6,835 in 2020).

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