ES · 2015 · migr_resfirst

First residence permits — work

Spain, 2015

First residence permits — work
41,566
Spain, 2015
▼ 3.0% vs 2014 (42,873)
Analysis

In 2015, Spain's first residence permits decreased by 3.0% compared to 2014, reaching 41,566.

Spain accounts for 7.1% of the EU-27 total of 589,099.

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 fallen by 47.6% (from 79,315 in 2010).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
7.1%
EU-27: 589,099
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