Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 207.9% compared to 2015, reaching 433,910.

Germany accounts for 65.4% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

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 4384.9% (from 9,675 in 2011).

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