Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Portugal's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 4500.0% compared to 2024, reaching 460.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

Portugal ranks 18th 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 384.2% (from 95 in 2020).

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