Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2014, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 101.5% compared to 2013, reaching 40,560.

Germany accounts for 25.8% of the EU-27 total of 157,275.

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 315.4% (from 9,765 in 2009).

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