ES · 2023 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Spain, 2023
In 2023, Spain's first-time asylum applications increased by 38.2% compared to 2022, reaching 160,475.
Spain accounts for 15.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,049,905.
Spain ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 204.3% (from 52,740 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.