ES · 2023 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Spain, 2023
In 2023, Spain's first residence permits decreased by 8.0% compared to 2022, reaching 128,844.
Spain accounts for 10.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.
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 120.5% (from 58,433 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.