Austria had the highest positive recognition rate in 2023 with 96%, followed by Latvia with 94%, as well as the Netherlands, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, which also had positive recognition rates of over 90%. There was a decline in the rate of positive recognition decisions compared to the previous year, particularly in North Macedonia and China. Azerbaijan, Spain, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Lebanon recorded the largest increases in positive recognition decisions.

At 72 percent, Uzbekistan is the country with the highest number of applications that were granted a compensation measure and whose completion was still pending at the end of the reporting year. This is followed by Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia, Algeria and India with over 60 percent.

The exact number of recognition notices can be found in the next figure.

The most frequent applications in 2023 came from Turkey. Turkey has thus replaced Bosnia and Herzegovina as the country with the most applications after several consecutive years. Bosnia and Herzegovina is now in third place, with the Philippines remaining in second place. The number of recognition decisions from Turkey had already risen in 2022 compared to 2021. In 2023, the number of recognition decisions almost doubled. The Philippines recorded around 500 more notifications of recognition than in the previous year, while Bosnia and Herzegovina maintained a similar level of notifications of recognition.

Significant increases in the number of recognition certificates were also recorded for India, Kosovo, Iran, Ukraine, Egypt, and Morocco. Recognition certificates for Brazilian, Syrian, and Albanian qualifications also increased significantly. However, there was a decline in the number of recognition certificates, particularly for Serbian qualifications.