Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Greece's asylum positive decreased by 38.0% compared to 2024, reaching 24,355.

Greece accounts for 14.6% of the EU-27 total of 166,825.

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 fallen by 7.6% (from 26,370 in 2020).

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