Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2016, Germany's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 153.1% compared to 2015, reaching 631,180.

Germany accounts for 58.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,075,745.

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 grown by 1463.7% (from 40,365 in 2011).

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