Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2023, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 5.3% compared to 2022, reaching 135,275.

Germany accounts for 37.8% of the EU-27 total of 358,275.

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 78.1% (from 75,940 in 2018).

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