Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2025, Germany's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 59.0% compared to 2024, reaching 185,405.

Germany accounts for 36.6% of the EU-27 total of 506,860.

Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 180.2% (from 66,180 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.