Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita in Austria
Austria: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita was 0.0024 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita in Austria, 2000–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Austria recorded 0.0024 units per person for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.0% on the previous year and down 74.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita in Austria peaked at 0.0093 units per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0012 units per person, in 2000.
Austria ranks 28th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita in Austria, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0012 units per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.0019 units per person | +52.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0036 units per person | +93.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0041 units per person | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0047 units per person | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0049 units per person | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0051 units per person | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0046 units per person | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0044 units per person | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0039 units per person | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0031 units per person | -20.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0029 units per person | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0027 units per person | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0027 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0027 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0093 units per person | +248.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0087 units per person | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0064 units per person | -26.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0042 units per person | -34.0% |
| 2019 | 0.003 units per person | -28.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0023 units per person | -22.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0031 units per person | +33.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0059 units per person | +88.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0042 units per person | -29.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0031 units per person | -24.5% |
| 2025 | 0.0024 units per person | -24.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0039 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | 0.0051 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0046 units per person | 0.0027 units per person | 0.0093 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0035 units per person | 0.0023 units per person | 0.0059 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 25 Eswatini 0.0028 units per person compare
- 26 Netherlands 0.0027 units per person compare
- 27 Malta 0.0024 units per person compare
- 29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0021 units per person compare
- 30 Switzerland 0.0019 units per person compare
- 31 Niger 0.0018 units per person compare
More social development data for Austria
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 286,651 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 33 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 33 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0311 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita in Austria?
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita in Austria was 0.0024 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0093 units per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 units per person in 2000.
- How does Austria rank for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Austria ranks 28th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.