Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2017, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 39.7% compared to 2016, reaching 261,630.

Germany accounts for 61.0% of the EU-27 total of 428,730.

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 1426.4% (from 17,140 in 2012).

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