Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Netherlands's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 21.4% compared to 2020, reaching 16,530.

Netherlands accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Netherlands ranks 9th 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 42.8% (from 28,875 in 2016).

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