Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2020, Netherlands's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 4.9% compared to 2019, reaching 13,615.

Netherlands accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 528,365.

Netherlands ranks 8th 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 33.5% (from 20,465 in 2015).

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