Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Malta's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 52.7% compared to 2023, reaching 525.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

Malta ranks 22nd 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 49.5% (from 1,040 in 2019).

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