Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Portugal's asylum positive increased by 9000.0% compared to 2024, reaching 455.

Portugal accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 166,905.

Portugal ranks 14th 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 506.7% (from 75 in 2020).

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