ES · 2021 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Spain, 2021
In 2021, Spain's first residence permits decreased by 11.6% compared to 2020, reaching 73,318.
Spain accounts for 10.5% of the EU-27 total of 697,349.
Spain ranks 4th 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 224.4% (from 22,600 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.