First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Portugal's first-time asylum applications decreased by 34.6% compared to 2024, reaching 1,750.

Portugal accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 670,165.

Portugal ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 94.4% (from 900 in 2020).

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