EL · 2021 · tps00191
Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
Greece, 2021
Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
28,355
Greece, 2021
▼ 30.1% vs 2020 (40,560)
Analysis
In 2021, Greece's asylum applicants by type decreased by 30.1% compared to 2020, reaching 28,355.
Greece accounts for 4.4% of the EU-27 total of 638,410.
Greece ranks 6th 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 44.5% (from 51,110 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
4.4%
EU-27: 638,410
Greece timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00191