ES · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Spain, 2017
In 2017, Spain's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 9.3% compared to 2016, reaching 231,153.
Spain accounts for 8.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
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 grown by 3.5% (from 223,318 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.