First-time asylum applications

In 2024, Estonia's first-time asylum applications decreased by 66.5% compared to 2023, reaching 1,330.

Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 912,835.

Estonia ranks 20th 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 1300.0% (from 95 in 2019).

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