EL · 2020 · tps00191
Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
Greece, 2020
Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
40,560
Greece, 2020
▼ 47.5% vs 2019 (77,275)
Analysis
In 2020, Greece's asylum applicants by type decreased by 47.5% compared to 2019, reaching 40,560.
Greece accounts for 8.5% of the EU-27 total of 476,360.
Greece ranks 4th 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 207.2% (from 13,205 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
8.5%
EU-27: 476,360
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00191