Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Denmark's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 5.3% compared to 2023, reaching 1,510.

Denmark accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

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 50.7% (from 3,065 in 2019).

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