Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors - annual data

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors was 33,160 .

That is a 17.9% fell versus 2023 (40,405).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 133.4% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (4,925, 2025) and Slovakia the lowest (5.00, 2025) — a ratio of 985.0× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00194; every value links back to the canonical source.