Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Spain's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 49.6% compared to 2024, reaching 75,835.

Spain accounts for 23.3% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

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 48.5% (from 51,055 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.