Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Italy's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 6.7% compared to 2020, reaching 43,550.

Italy accounts for 8.2% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Italy ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 51.5% (from 89,875 in 2016).

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