First instance decisions on asylum applications by type of decision - annual aggregated data

In 2020, Malta's first instance decisions on asylum applications by type of decision decreased by 15.9% compared to 2019, reaching 875.0.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 528,165.

Malta ranks 19th 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 41.3% (from 1,490 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00192, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.