Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Spain's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 65.2% compared to 2024, reaching 148,490.

Spain accounts for 17.8% of the EU-27 total of 833,835.

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 19.0% (from 124,800 in 2020).

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