ES · 2022 · tps00191

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

Spain, 2022

Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data
117,945
Spain, 2022
▲ 80.6% vs 2021 (65,295)
Analysis

In 2022, Spain's asylum applicants by type increased by 80.6% compared to 2021, reaching 117,945.

Spain accounts for 12.3% of the EU-27 total of 960,725.

Spain ranks 3rd 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 222.2% (from 36,610 in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
12.3%
EU-27: 960,725
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