Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2023, Spain's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 49.8% compared to 2022, reaching 52,630.

Spain accounts for 14.7% of the EU-27 total of 358,275.

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 1718.0% (from 2,895 in 2018).

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