Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Malta's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 4.8% compared to 2024, reaching 500.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 832,625.

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 42.9% (from 875 in 2020).

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