ES · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Spain, 2013
In 2013, Spain's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 12.1% compared to 2012, reaching 196,244.
Spain accounts for 11.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,643,350.
Spain ranks 5th 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 50.9% (from 399,827 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.