Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Greece's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 51.7% compared to 2020, reaching 16,575.

Greece accounts for 8.2% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

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 510.5% (from 2,715 in 2016).

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