Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Greece's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 37.4% compared to 2023, reaching 55,305.

Greece accounts for 7.3% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

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 69.1% (from 32,705 in 2019).

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