Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Germany's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 15.1% compared to 2023, reaching 250,345.

Germany accounts for 33.2% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

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 62.3% (from 154,255 in 2019).

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