Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Germany's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 9.0% compared to 2024, reaching 272,800.

Germany accounts for 32.8% of the EU-27 total of 832,625.

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 112.0% (from 128,650 in 2020).

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