ES · 2015 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Spain, 2015
In 2015, Spain's first residence permits decreased by 3.0% compared to 2014, reaching 41,566.
Spain accounts for 7.1% of the EU-27 total of 589,099.
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 47.6% (from 79,315 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.