Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2020, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 11.2% compared to 2019, reaching 62,470.

Germany accounts for 29.4% of the EU-27 total of 212,840.

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 fallen by 55.7% (from 140,915 in 2015).

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