Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

In 2021, Romania's asylum applicants by type increased by 55.7% compared to 2020, reaching 9,585.

Romania accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 638,410.

Romania ranks 12th 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 409.8% (from 1,880 in 2016).

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