Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

In 2021, Portugal's asylum applicants by type increased by 54.0% compared to 2020, reaching 1,540.

Portugal accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 638,410.

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 5.5% (from 1,460 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.