Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2023, Germany's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 10.1% compared to 2022, reaching 217,490.

Germany accounts for 32.1% of the EU-27 total of 677,820.

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 21.4% (from 179,210 in 2018).

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