First residence permits — work

In 2024, Spain's first residence permits decreased by 25.7% compared to 2023, reaching 95,735.

Spain accounts for 8.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

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 51.3% (from 63,267 in 2019).

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