First residence permits — education

In 2021, Spain's first residence permits increased by 78.9% compared to 2020, reaching 51,090.

Spain accounts for 12.8% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Spain ranks 3rd 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 43.4% (from 35,636 in 2016).

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