Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2021, Germany's asylum positive decreased by 15.2% compared to 2020, reaching 32,065.

Germany accounts for 28.3% of the EU-27 total of 113,375.

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 87.5% (from 256,135 in 2016).

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