Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Denmark's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 29.3% compared to 2020, reaching 1,545.

Denmark accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Denmark ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 85.2% (from 10,430 in 2016).

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