Largest Asylum Applicant Nationality Groups in Greece, 2025

Applications for international protection by nationality; Greece, 2025.

What the Data Shows

Greece’s leading asylum-applicant nationality groups are ranked by applications for international protection in 2025. The official comparison covers ten named groups and uses all 61,629 applications as the share denominator. Afghanistan ranks first with 15,296 applications, or 24.8% of the total, ahead of Egypt at 9,548. The first nine named groups account for 77.1% of applications, while the source’s separate Other category accounts for the remainder.

Data table

Unit: applications · Period: 2025

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Afghanistan15,2962025
2Egypt9,5482025
3Sudan8,1792025
4Syria3,5112025
5Bangladesh3,1322025
6Iraq2,4492025
7Pakistan2,1052025
8Somalia1,6672025
9Nepal1,6392025

Data notes & caveats

The source publishes ten named groups and a separate Other category. Applications are administrative records and do not necessarily equal unique people.

Methodology

Named applicant groups are ordered by the Ministry's 2025 application count. Shares use the official annual total of 61,629 applications.

Source consistency notes

All rows use the same ministry report, 2025 period, application definition and national total.

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