ES · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Spain, 2013
In 2013, Spain's first residence permits decreased by 22.3% compared to 2012, reaching 49,525.
Spain accounts for 11.6% of the EU-27 total of 425,436.
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 fallen by 48.6% (from 96,319 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.