Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2020, Portugal's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 43.6% compared to 2019, reaching 420.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 528,365.

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 13.5% (from 370 in 2015).

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