First residence permits — family

In 2021, Spain's first residence permits increased by 33.0% compared to 2020, reaching 159,246.

Spain accounts for 19.5% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

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 38.3% (from 115,143 in 2016).

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