First residence permits — family

In 2024, Spain's first residence permits increased by 12.2% compared to 2023, reaching 258,192.

Spain accounts for 27.2% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

Spain ranks 1st 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 79.5% (from 143,860 in 2019).

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