First-time asylum applications

In 2021, Portugal's first-time asylum applications increased by 50.0% compared to 2020, reaching 1,350.

Portugal accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 536,270.

Portugal ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 88.8% (from 715 in 2016).

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