First-time asylum applications

In 2024, Greece's first-time asylum applications increased by 19.2% compared to 2023, reaching 68,995.

Greece accounts for 7.6% of the EU-27 total of 912,835.

Greece ranks 5th 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 7.9% (from 74,910 in 2019).

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