Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2015, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 247.4% compared to 2014, reaching 140,915.

Germany accounts for 48.0% of the EU-27 total of 293,700.

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 1248.5% (from 10,450 in 2010).

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