Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2023, Portugal's asylum positive decreased by 52.8% compared to 2022, reaching 290.

Portugal accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 152,020.

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 31.8% (from 220 in 2018).

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