Law in Charts · Migration and asylum
Women among first-time asylum applicants
What share of first-time asylum applicants are women, in each European country?
% of first-time applicants who are women
- Finland45.7% 2025
- France44.1% 2025
- Austria43.9% 2025
- Sweden42.8% 2025
- Spain41.4% 2025
- Germany40.6% 2025
- Iceland40.4% 2025
- Belgium39.3% 2025
- Portugal39.0% 2025
- Norway36.9% 2025
- Malta34.6% 2025
- Romania33.6% 2025
- Luxembourg32.2% 2025
- Poland32.2% 2025
- Hungary31.8% 2025
- Ireland31.8% 2025
- Denmark31.4% 2025
- Switzerland30.0% 2025
- Cyprus29.1% 2025
- Lithuania27.3% 2025
- Netherlands27.3% 2025
- Estonia25.9% 2025
- Croatia24.3% 2025
- Montenegro24.1% 2025
- Slovakia23.1% 2025
Source: Eurostat, Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex (migr_asyappctza). Data for 2025. What it counts, how to cite it and the data
At a glance
- 32 countries or territories have a figure.
- The highest is Finland at 45.7% (2025) and the lowest is Slovenia at 2.8% (2025).
- The middle value (the median) is 31.6%.
What it counts
Women among people who applied for international protection for the first time, divided by all such applicants, in the latest year each country reports (since 2021).
What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison
The share depends on which nationalities apply and how they travel, and on family reunion routes that bring many women and children after a man has been recognised. It says nothing about the reasons for flight.
Source
Eurostat: Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex (migr_asyappctza). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.
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Reference (APA style)
TheLawToKnow. (2026). Women among first-time asylum applicants [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/women-among-asylum-applicants. Data: Eurostat, Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex (migr_asyappctza), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctza/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).
Short credit for slides and websites
Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/women-among-asylum-applicants). Data: Eurostat.
BibTeX
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author = {{TheLawToKnow}},
title = {Women among first-time asylum applicants},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Law in Charts},
url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/women-among-asylum-applicants},
note = {Data: Eurostat, Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex (migr_asyappctza), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctza/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
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- Course: Immigration Law
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