First-time asylum applications

In 2024, Malta's first-time asylum applications decreased by 10.1% compared to 2023, reaching 445.

Malta accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 912,835.

Malta ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 88.9% (from 4,020 in 2019).

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