Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Spain's asylum positive increased by 23.3% compared to 2024, reaching 7,810.

Spain accounts for 4.7% of the EU-27 total of 166,825.

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 79.1% (from 4,360 in 2020).

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