Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2024, Greece's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 58.6% compared to 2023, reaching 39,565.

Greece accounts for 10.2% of the EU-27 total of 387,615.

Greece ranks 4th 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 128.0% (from 17,350 in 2019).

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