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

In 2021, Malta's first instance decisions on asylum applications by type of decision decreased by 7.4% compared to 2020, reaching 810.0.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 531,315.

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 43.6% (from 1,435 in 2016).

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