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Asylum applications
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2021 1,100 1,309 1,202 (p) Provisional value
2020 1,244 1,824 932 (p) Provisional value
2019 1,731 2,444 1,412 (p) Provisional value
2018 1,061 1,127 1,263 (e) Estimated value
2017 522 709 1,391 (b) Break in time series
2016 245 335 2,621
2015 175 314 2,739 (b) Break in time series
2014 106 117 1,197 (b) Break in time series
2013 65 92 765
2012 28 50 568 (b) Break in time series
2011 36 64 539 (b) Break in time series
2010 29 55 418 (b) Break in time series
2009 29 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 374
2008 32 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 277 (b) Break in time series
Units: Number per million inhabitants.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of the Interior. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 10.60 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: June 13, 2023.

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.