MT · 2021 · tps00191

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

Malta, 2021

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
1,595
Malta, 2021
▼ 35.7% vs 2020 (2,480)
Analysis

In 2021, Malta's asylum applicants by type decreased by 35.7% compared to 2020, reaching 1,595.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 638,410.

Malta ranks 20th 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 17.4% (from 1,930 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
0.2%
EU-27: 638,410
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