First-time asylum applicants in Malta
Malta received 405 first-time asylum applications in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2010.
Malta, 2025
405
Change from 2024
−8.0%
European Union, 2025
672,350 applicants
Position in 2025
27th of 32
First-time asylum applicants in Malta over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 405 applicants | 672,350 applicants |
| 2024 | 440 applicants | 912,835 applicants |
| 2023 | 490 applicants | 1,049,905 applicants |
| 2022 | 915 applicants | 874,035 applicants |
| 2021 | 1,200 applicants | 536,270 applicants |
| 2020 | 2,410 applicants | 415,475 applicants |
| 2019 | 4,015 applicants | 629,230 applicants |
| 2018 | 2,035 applicants | 564,905 applicants |
| 2017 | 1,610 applicants | 620,465 applicants |
| 2016 | 1,735 applicants | 1,167,075 applicants |
| 2015 | 1,695 applicants | 1,217,185 applicants |
| 2014 | 1,275 applicants | 530,970 applicants |
| 2013 | 2,200 applicants | – |
| 2012 | 2,060 applicants | – |
| 2011 | 1,865 applicants | – |
| 2010 | 145 applicants | – |
| 2009 | 2,385 applicants | – |
| 2008 | 2,605 applicants | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −8.0% from 440 applicants in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1,695 applicants, the figure has changed by −76.1%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 27th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.
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34,033 immigrants
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Emigration
23,419 emigrants
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Acquisitions of citizenship
1,145 people
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Net migration rate
23.9 per 1,000 people
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Net migration estimates and projections
12.4 per 1,000 people
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Net migration
5,161 people
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