Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2019, Greece's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 14.1% compared to 2018, reaching 17,350.

Greece accounts for 8.4% of the EU-27 total of 206,870.

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 780.7% (from 1,970 in 2014).

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