Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Denmark's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 20.9% compared to 2024, reaching 1,195.

Denmark accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 832,625.

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 grown by 0.0% (from 1,195 in 2020).

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