What the Data Shows
First-instance asylum recognition rates in Greece are compared across the ten highest-rate nationality or status groups in 2025. Rates include refugee status and subsidiary protection as a share of decisions in substance and inadmissible decisions, and the source limits the ranking to groups with at least 140 such decisions. Afghanistan ranks first at 96.69%, narrowly ahead of Sudan at 96.52%. Iran is tenth at 40.79%, showing a 55.90-percentage-point range across the official top ten.
Data table
Unit: percent · Period: 2025
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 96.69% | 2025 |
| 2 | Sudan | 96.52% | 2025 |
| 3 | Yemen | 94.44% | 2025 |
| 4 | Stateless | 91.44% | 2025 |
| 5 | Palestine | 91.34% | 2025 |
| 6 | Syria | 79.30% | 2025 |
| 7 | Eritrea | 76.29% | 2025 |
| 8 | Somalia | 50.43% | 2025 |
| 9 | Iraq | 41.32% | 2025 |
| 10 | Iran | 40.79% | 2025 |
Sources
Data notes & caveats
Recognition combines refugee status and subsidiary protection. The source includes only groups with at least 140 relevant first-instance decisions.
Methodology
The ranking follows the Ministry's official first-instance recognition rate and official top-ten order for 2025.
Source consistency notes
All rates use the same ministry report, 2025 period, first-instance definition and eligibility rule.
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