Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2020, Greece's asylum positive increased by 95.1% compared to 2019, reaching 26,370.

Greece accounts for 24.7% of the EU-27 total of 106,750.

Greece ranks 2nd 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 619.5% (from 3,665 in 2015).

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