First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Spain's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 2.4% compared to 2023, reaching 561,640.

Spain accounts for 16.0% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

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 75.5% (from 320,037 in 2019).

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