First-time asylum applications

In 2021, Romania's first-time asylum applications increased by 50.4% compared to 2020, reaching 9,060.

Romania accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 536,270.

Romania ranks 11th 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 388.4% (from 1,855 in 2016).

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