EL · 2022 · migr_asydcfsta

Asylum positive — refugee status

Greece, 2022

Asylum positive — refugee status
18,730
Greece, 2022
▲ 43.7% vs 2021 (13,035)
Analysis

In 2022, Greece's asylum positive increased by 43.7% compared to 2021, reaching 18,730.

Greece accounts for 13.0% of the EU-27 total of 143,955.

Greece ranks 3rd 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 98.8% (from 9,420 in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
13.0%
EU-27: 143,955
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