Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2021, Spain's asylum positive increased by 22.8% compared to 2020, reaching 5,355.

Spain accounts for 4.7% of the EU-27 total of 113,375.

Spain ranks 8th 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 1408.5% (from 355 in 2016).

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