Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Malta's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 33.3% compared to 2020, reaching 180.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

Malta ranks 21st 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 84.9% (from 1,190 in 2016).

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