IT · 2021 · tps00191

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

Italy, 2021

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
53,610
Italy, 2021
▲ 99.0% vs 2020 (26,940)
Analysis

In 2021, Italy's asylum applicants by type increased by 99.0% compared to 2020, reaching 53,610.

Italy accounts for 8.4% of the EU-27 total of 638,410.

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 56.4% (from 122,960 in 2016).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
8.4%
EU-27: 638,410
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