First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Malta's first-time asylum applications decreased by 10.1% compared to 2024, reaching 400.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 669,820.

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 83.4% (from 2,405 in 2020).

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