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Which Country Attracts the Most Asylum Seekers?

Asylum Applicants (As % of Population) (%), 2014

Society | February 23, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2014, Sweden ranked the highest in asylum applicants as a percentage of total population with 0.848% followed by Hungary and Austria. On the other end of the scale was Portugal with 0.004%, Slovakia with 0.006% and Romania with 0.007%.

Data for more countries are available at Asylum Applicants (As % of Population) indicator page.

Asylum Applicants (As % of Population)	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Austria	%															0.152%	0.188%	0.131%	0.171%	0.206%
Belgium	%															0.141%	0.199%	0.238%	0.290%	0.254%
Bulgaria	%	...	...	...												0.010%	0.011%	0.014%	0.012%	0.019%
Cyprus	%	...	...	...	...											0.364%	0.293%	0.260%	0.159%	0.145%
Denmark	%															0.043%	0.067%	0.091%	0.071%	0.108%
France	%															0.067%	0.076%	0.083%	0.090%	0.096%
Germany	%															0.032%	0.040%	0.058%	0.064%	0.094%
Hungary	%	...	...		...											0.032%	0.047%	0.021%	0.017%	0.022%
Italy	%															0.050%	0.029%	0.016%	0.066%	0.029%
Luxembourg	%															0.093%	0.096%	0.154%	0.417%	0.392%
Malta	%	...	...	...												0.619%	0.564%	0.041%	0.444%	0.487%
Netherlands	%															0.092%	0.097%	0.091%	0.088%	0.079%
Norway	%														...	0.301%	0.354%	0.205%	0.182%	0.194%
Sweden	%															0.268%	0.260%	0.339%	0.314%	0.462%
Switzerland	%															0.216%	0.205%	0.197%	0.299%	0.356%