Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Austria's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 15.4% compared to 2023, reaching 31,555.

Austria accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

Austria ranks 7th 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 127.2% (from 13,890 in 2019).

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