Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2022, Germany's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 114.6% compared to 2021, reaching 128,465.

Germany accounts for 41.2% of the EU-27 total of 312,060.

Germany ranks 1st 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 50.9% (from 261,630 in 2017).

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