First residence permits — family

In 2023, Spain's first residence permits increased by 31.9% compared to 2022, reaching 230,138.

Spain accounts for 22.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

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 71.5% (from 134,196 in 2018).

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