ES · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — family
Spain, 2016
In 2016, Spain's first residence permits increased by 12.4% compared to 2015, reaching 115,143.
Spain accounts for 16.7% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.
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 fallen by 22.2% (from 148,061 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.