Migration flow of foreign nationals in Spain 2010-2017

This statistic shows the migration flow of foreign nationals from 2010 to 2017. During the analyzed period of time, the outflow of foreign nationals in Spain was greater than the number of people migrating into the country. Peaking in 2013, the number of foreign national leaving Spain reached approximately 460 thousand, in contrast to roughly 250 thousand that moved into the country. This trend terminated in 2015, year in which the outflow of migrants was surpassed by the inflow, which began an upward trend and reached figures of 454 thousand migrants into Spain in 2017, compared to 280 foreign nationals that left the country that year. This change in tendency resulted in a positive net migration rate from 2015 onwards.