First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Greece's first-time asylum applications decreased by 19.7% compared to 2024, reaching 55,375.

Greece accounts for 8.3% of the EU-27 total of 669,820.

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 grown by 46.2% (from 37,865 in 2020).

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