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
Malta timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tps00191