Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Portugal's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 25.0% compared to 2017, reaching 625.

Portugal accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

Portugal ranks 17th 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 363.0% (from 135 in 2013).

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