Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 71.0% compared to 2017, reaching 75,940.

Germany accounts for 36.6% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

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 277.3% (from 20,125 in 2013).

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