Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Portugal's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 36.8% compared to 2024, reaching 1,375.

Portugal accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 833,835.

Portugal ranks 15th 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 227.4% (from 420 in 2020).

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