ES · 2018 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Spain, 2018
In 2018, Spain's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 12.3% compared to 2017, reaching 259,600.
Spain accounts for 9.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.
Spain ranks 4th 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 32.3% (from 196,244 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.