Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2014, Portugal's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 24.6% compared to 2013, reaching 230.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 341,435.

Portugal ranks 23rd 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 142.1% (from 95 in 2009).

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