Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

In 2021, Germany's asylum applicants by type increased by 56.2% compared to 2020, reaching 190,545.

Germany accounts for 29.8% of the EU-27 total of 638,410.

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 74.4% (from 745,160 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.