Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Greece's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 32.4% compared to 2024, reaching 26,735.

Greece accounts for 8.2% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

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 22.1% (from 34,325 in 2020).

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