First residence permits — other

In 2024, Spain's first residence permits decreased by 8.2% compared to 2023, reaching 90,657.

Spain accounts for 10.2% of the EU-27 total of 888,784.

Spain ranks 4th 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 33.6% (from 67,878 in 2019).

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