Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2019, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 7.4% compared to 2018, reaching 70,320.

Germany accounts for 34.0% of the EU-27 total of 206,870.

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 73.4% (from 40,560 in 2014).

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