Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Portugal

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Portugal in 2024 — 24.6 per 100k. Ranked 88 in the world out of 178.

2024 24.6 per 100k +102.39% vs 2023
World rank 88of 178
Period maximum 24.6 per 100k2024
Period minimum 0 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Portugal, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 per 100k2001: 0 per 100k2002: 0 per 100k2003: 0 per 100k2004: 0 per 100k2005: 0 per 100k2006: 0 per 100k2007: 0 per 100k2008: 0 per 100k2009: 0.1 per 100k2010: 0.6 per 100k2011: 2 per 100k2012: 1.8 per 100k2013: 1.9 per 100k2014: 3.1 per 100k2015: 5.5 per 100k2016: 8.2 per 100k2017: 0.4 per 100k2018: 0.8 per 100k2019: 10.2 per 100k2020: 11.1 per 100k2021: 20.8 per 100k2022: 9.3 per 100k2023: 12.1 per 100k2024: 24.6 per 100k
Change over the period: +24.6

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Portugal

Portugal 24.6 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia computed 161 per 100k
Southern Europe computed 356.1 per 100k
High-income countries computed 365 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 24.6 +12.4 +102.39%
2023 12.1 +2.9 +30.72%
2022 9.3 −11.5 −55.34%
2021 20.8 +9.7 +86.98%
2020 11.1 +0.9 +8.89%
2019 10.2 +9.4 +1,141.38%
2018 0.8 +0.4 +88.99%
2017 0.4 −7.8 −94.7%
2016 8.2 +2.7 +49.21%
2015 5.5 +2.4 +75.22%
2014 3.1 +1.2 +65.98%
2013 1.9 +0.1 +3.67%
2012 1.8 −0.2 −9.06%
2011 2 +1.4 +248.25%
2010 0.6 +0.5 +509.86%
2009 0.1 +0.1
2008 0 +0
2007 0 +0
2006 0 +0
2005 0 +0
2004 0 +0
2003 0 +0
2002 0 +0
2001 0 +0
2000 0

About the indicator

The number of asylum seekers — people who have filed an application for protection and are awaiting a decision — per 100,000 people of the population of a country. They differ from refugees legally: the status has not yet been recognized. The indicator is sensitive to current events and reacts faster than the number of refugees: applications are filed at once, while decisions on them take months and years.

Important: The indicator depends not only on the number of arrivals but also on the speed at which migration services work: the longer applications are reviewed, the more people hold this status at the same time.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.