migr_asydcfsta · 2012–2025
Asylum positive — refugee status
Eurostat migr_asydcfsta — First instance decisions on applications by type of decision, citizenship, age and sex - annual aggregated data. Data range: 2008 to 2025.
At a glance
In 2025, the EU-27 figure for asylum positive was 166,825 .
That is a 1.2% rose versus 2024 (164,795).
Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 56.3% higher.
Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (70,160, 2025) and Hungary the lowest (15, 2025) — a ratio of 4677.3× between the two ends of the range.
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EU-27 · 2025
166,825
HIGHEST · 2025
Germany
70,160
LOWEST · 2025
Hungary
15
Map · 2025
15.0 70.2k
Ranking · 2025
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- Germany 70.2k
- France 30.5k
- Greece 24.4k
- Belgium 8.3k
- Spain 7.8k
- Austria 7.3k
- Italy 6.0k
- Netherlands 3.4k
- Ireland 3.1k
- Finland 1.7k
- Sweden 1.3k
- Luxembourg 605
- European Union (27) 166.8k
Country × year heatmap · all values
5.0 256.1k
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 Germany DE · 2025 70,160
- #2 France FR · 2025 30,480
- #3 Greece EL · 2025 24,355
- #4 Belgium BE · 2025 8,255
- #5 Spain ES · 2025 7,810
- #6 Austria AT · 2025 7,305
- #7 Italy IT · 2025 5,965
- #8 Netherlands NL · 2025 3,445
- #9 Ireland IE · 2025 3,070
- #10 Finland FI · 2025 1,675
- #11 Sweden SE · 2025 1,295
- #12 Luxembourg LU · 2025 605
- #13 Cyprus CY · 2025 470
- #14 Portugal PT · 2025 455
- #15 Denmark DK · 2025 375
- #16 Poland PL · 2025 310
- #17 Romania RO · 2025 305
- #18 Lithuania LT · 2025 130
- #19 Malta MT · 2025 85
- #20 Bulgaria BG · 2025 60
- #21 Latvia LV · 2025 55
- #22 Czechia CZ · 2025 35
- #23 Slovenia SI · 2025 35
- #24 Estonia EE · 2025 25
- #25 Croatia HR · 2025 25
- #26 Slovakia SK · 2025 25
- #27 Hungary HU · 2025 15
By year
Source:
Eurostat · migr_asydcfsta