EU countries by first-time asylum applicants

Spain had the highest first-time asylum applicants of 27 EU countries in January 2026, at 10,860. Slovakia had the lowest, at 10. The median was 140 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 51,780. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest10,860Spain

Lowest10Slovakia

Median14027 EU countries

European Union (27)51,780History

Map of EU countries, January 2026

Under 100
100 to 200
200 to 2,000
2,000 and over

persons, January 2026. Source: Eurostat, Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, January 2026

persons. Source: Eurostat, Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	January 2026 persons	Change on January 2025
1	Spain Provisional	10,860	-17.9%
2	Italy	10,790	-1.1%
3	France	9,290	-16.4%
4	Germany	8,135	-47.3%
5	Greece	4,860	-6.5%
6	Netherlands	2,060	+25.2%
7	Belgium	1,810	-36%
8	Ireland	1,095	+2.3%
9	Austria	730	-46.5%
10	Poland	455	-69.2%
11	Sweden	255	-50%
12	Bulgaria	240	-33.3%
13	Denmark	150	-18.9%
14	Cyprus	140	-45.1%
14	Finland	140	+3.7%
16	Portugal	135	-10%
17	Slovenia	125	-51%
18	Luxembourg	115	-37.8%
19	Croatia	80	+6.7%
20	Czechia	75	-11.8%
20	Romania	75	-28.6%
22	Estonia	65	-48%
23	Lithuania	25	+25%
23	Malta	25	-54.5%
25	Hungary	15	+200%
25	Latvia	15	-57.1%
27	Slovakia	10	0%

Other periods

About this ranking

People who are not citizens of an EU country and lodged an application for international protection for the first time in the reporting country during the month (Eurostat migr_asyappctzm).

Eurostat rounds the figures to the nearest 5. Repeat applications by the same person are excluded. The EU figure is the headline Eurostat publishes each month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm) (EU countries by first-time asylum applicants, 2026-01) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table

MLA 9

Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm), EU countries by first-time asylum applicants, 2026-01. Eurostat, European Commission, 12 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/first-time-asylum-applicants/eu-countries?period=2026-01. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm). EU countries by first-time asylum applicants, 2026-01. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/first-time-asylum-applicants/eu-countries?period=2026-01.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm), EU countries by first-time asylum applicants, 2026-01 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/first-time-asylum-applicants/eu-countries?period=2026-01 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_first_2026,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr\_asyappctzm): EU countries by first-time asylum applicants, 2026-01}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/first-time-asylum-applicants/eu-countries?period=2026-01. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr\_asyappctzm). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr\_asyappctzm/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which EU country has the highest first-time asylum applicants?

Spain, with 10,860 in January 2026, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest first-time asylum applicants?

Slovakia, with 10 in January 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm). Retrieved 2026-10-12.