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Asylum applications
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2023 1,858 3,319 (p) Provisional value 2,341 (p) Provisional value
2022 1,328 2,430 1,953 (p) Provisional value
2021 1,100 1,308 1,202 (p) Provisional value
2020 1,244 1,824 930 (e) Estimated value
2019 1,731 2,444 1,408 (e) Estimated value
2018 1,061 1,127 1,266 (e) Estimated value
2017 522 709 1,394 (e) Estimated value
2016 245 335 2,626 (e) Estimated value
2015 175 315 2,744 (e) Estimated value
2014 106 118 1,199 (e) Estimated value
2013 65 92 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2012 28 50 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2011 36 64 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2010 29 55 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2009 29 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2008 32 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Number per million inhabitants.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of the Interior. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: March 17, 2025.

Methodological note

The indicator shows the number of first-time asylum applicants per million inhabitants. Source data are supplied to Eurostat by the national Ministries of Interior and related official agencies.

A first-time applicant for international protection is a person who lodged an application for asylum for the first time in a given Member State.