Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2019, Portugal's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 72.8% compared to 2018, reaching 170.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 206,870.

Portugal 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 grown by 54.5% (from 110 in 2014).

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