Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2021, Portugal's asylum positive increased by 200.0% compared to 2020, reaching 225.

Portugal accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 113,375.

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 114.3% (from 105 in 2016).

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