Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Portugal's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 131.0% compared to 2023, reaching 1,005.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

Portugal ranks 19th 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 34.9% (from 745 in 2019).

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