ES · 2016 · tps00191

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

Spain, 2016

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
15,755
Spain, 2016
▲ 6.6% vs 2015 (14,780)
Analysis

In 2016, Spain's asylum applicants by type increased by 6.6% compared to 2015, reaching 15,755.

Spain accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,221,185.

Spain ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
1.3%
EU-27: 1,221,185
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