Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 4.2% compared to 2020, reaching 59,850.

Germany accounts for 29.5% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

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 86.2% (from 433,910 in 2016).

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