Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Netherlands's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 26.6% compared to 2024, reaching 15,540.

Netherlands accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 832,625.

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 grown by 14.1% (from 13,615 in 2020).

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