First-time asylum applications

In 2021, Slovakia's first-time asylum applications increased by 20.4% compared to 2020, reaching 325.

Slovakia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 536,270.

Slovakia ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 209.5% (from 105 in 2016).

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