Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2019, Germany's asylum positive increased by 8.9% compared to 2018, reaching 45,050.

Germany accounts for 41.1% of the EU-27 total of 109,485.

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 35.2% (from 33,310 in 2014).

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