First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Italy's first-time asylum applications decreased by 16.2% compared to 2024, reaching 126,630.

Italy accounts for 18.9% of the EU-27 total of 669,820.

Italy ranks 2nd 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 493.4% (from 21,340 in 2020).

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