ES · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Spain, 2016
In 2016, Spain's first residence permits increased by 42.9% compared to 2015, reaching 22,600.
Spain accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 738,886.
Spain ranks 8th 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 71.3% (from 13,197 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.