Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Spain's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 43.1% compared to 2020, reaching 70,995.

Spain accounts for 13.4% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Spain ranks 3rd 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 592.3% (from 10,255 in 2016).

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