ES · 2022 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Spain, 2022
In 2022, Spain's first residence permits increased by 58.9% compared to 2021, reaching 140,034.
Spain accounts for 11.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,265,871.
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 grown by 228.2% (from 42,672 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.