Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

In 2020, Italy's asylum applicants by type decreased by 38.5% compared to 2019, reaching 26,940.

Italy accounts for 5.7% of the EU-27 total of 476,360.

Italy ranks 5th 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 67.8% (from 83,540 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.