Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Persons 16 to 74 years of age, not born in Spain, or born in Spain with foreign nationalities, who were 16 years old and over when they last arrived in Spain, by the main reason for which they came to live in Spain, by sex and nationality.
Units: Absolute values and percentages

	Total	Transferred by the company for which he or she was working at the time	He or she came to work in the employment found before arriving	He or she came to Spain having not previously found employment in this country	To study	In order to be granted internation protection	He or she came for regrouping with a relative who was already living in Spain, or accompanying a relative who was coming for employment or educational reasons	To start a family (marriage)	Other purposes	Does not know	
absolute value	
    Both sexes	
        Total	4,634.8	41.7	440.0	2,036.9	143.8	15.4	1,164.2	234.7	521.3	36.8	
        Spanish Nationality	195.9	1.7	21.6	51.8	16.6	0.4	39.7	18.6	43.0	2.5	
        Dual nationality	256.9	..	32.6	105.5	14.2	..	53.6	20.5	30.1	0.4	
        Foreign Nationality	4,182.0	40.0	385.9	1,879.6	113.0	15.0	1,070.9	195.6	448.2	33.9	
        European Union (EU-27)	1,300.5	30.1	109.8	495.5	25.8	1.4	255.6	77.3	299.4	5.5	
        Rest of Europe	174.6	1.6	10.1	70.5	5.2	3.4	39.6	11.7	20.6	12.0	
        Latin America	1,890.2	4.3	192.2	924.3	51.6	1.5	544.3	59.3	100.6	12.1	
        Rest of the world and stateless persons	816.8	4.0	73.8	389.3	30.4	8.7	231.4	47.4	27.6	4.3	
    Males	
        Total	2,236.5	22.1	264.7	1,174.0	78.0	11.1	355.6	69.1	247.6	14.3	
        Spanish Nationality	95.6	0.6	13.1	28.9	13.1	0.1	14.7	6.0	18.0	1.1	
        Dual nationality	108.3	..	16.0	47.9	5.6	..	24.2	2.1	12.4	..	
        Foreign Nationality	2,032.6	21.5	235.6	1,097.2	59.3	11.0	316.7	61.0	217.1	13.1	
        European Union (EU-27)	643.3	16.2	67.6	288.7	4.6	..	82.9	33.2	149.1	1.0	
        Rest of Europe	69.0	..	7.3	28.9	4.7	2.4	11.1	4.6	5.8	4.2	
        Latin America	857.7	1.4	113.0	462.3	28.1	0.8	179.2	15.3	50.1	7.6	
        Rest of the world and stateless persons	462.6	4.0	47.8	317.2	21.9	7.9	43.6	7.8	12.0	0.3	
    Females	
        Total	2,398.3	19.6	175.3	862.9	65.8	4.3	808.6	165.6	273.6	22.5	
        Spanish Nationality	100.3	1.1	8.5	22.9	3.5	0.3	25.0	12.6	25.0	1.4	
        Dual nationality	148.6	..	16.6	57.6	8.6	..	29.4	18.3	17.6	0.4	
        Foreign Nationality	2,149.4	18.5	150.2	782.4	53.7	4.0	754.1	134.6	231.1	20.7	
        European Union (EU-27)	657.1	14.0	42.3	206.7	21.2	1.4	172.7	44.1	150.3	4.5	
        Rest of Europe	105.6	1.6	2.8	41.6	0.5	1.0	28.5	7.1	14.8	7.8	
        Latin America	1,032.5	3.0	79.1	462.0	23.6	0.8	365.1	44.0	50.4	4.5	
        Rest of the world and stateless persons	354.3	..	26.0	72.1	8.5	0.8	187.9	39.5	15.5	4.0	
percentage	
    Both sexes	
        Total	100.00	0.90	9.49	43.95	3.10	0.33	25.12	5.06	11.25	0.79	
        Spanish Nationality	100.00	0.86	11.01	26.45	8.46	0.20	20.28	9.50	21.94	1.30	
        Dual nationality	100.00	..	12.68	41.07	5.54	0.00	20.87	7.98	11.70	0.16	
        Foreign Nationality	100.00	0.96	9.23	44.94	2.70	0.36	25.61	4.68	10.72	0.81	
        European Union (EU-27)	100.00	2.32	8.44	38.10	1.98	0.11	19.65	5.94	23.03	0.43	
        Rest of Europe	100.00	0.91	5.80	40.37	2.96	1.94	22.65	6.68	11.81	6.88	
        Latin America	100.00	0.23	10.17	48.90	2.73	0.08	28.80	3.14	5.32	0.64	
        Rest of the world and stateless persons	100.00	0.49	9.03	47.66	3.73	1.06	28.33	5.80	3.38	0.52	
    Males	
        Total	100.00	0.99	11.84	52.49	3.49	0.50	15.90	3.09	11.07	0.64	
        Spanish Nationality	100.00	0.58	13.66	30.25	13.71	0.11	15.36	6.31	18.85	1.19	
        Dual nationality	100.00	..	14.78	44.20	5.19	0.00	22.37	1.98	11.48	..	
        Foreign Nationality	100.00	1.06	11.59	53.98	2.92	0.54	15.58	3.00	10.68	0.65	
        European Union (EU-27)	100.00	2.51	10.50	44.88	0.71	0.00	12.89	5.16	23.18	0.16	
        Rest of Europe	100.00	..	10.59	41.90	6.80	3.44	16.04	6.65	8.45	6.13	
        Latin America	100.00	0.16	13.18	53.90	3.27	0.09	20.89	1.79	5.85	0.88	
        Rest of the world and stateless persons	100.00	0.87	10.32	68.58	4.74	1.71	9.42	1.69	2.60	0.06	
    Females	
        Total	100.00	0.82	7.31	35.98	2.74	0.18	33.71	6.90	11.41	0.94	
        Spanish Nationality	100.00	1.14	8.48	22.82	3.45	0.30	24.97	12.55	24.88	1.41	
        Dual nationality	100.00	..	11.15	38.79	5.80	0.00	19.78	12.35	11.87	0.27	
        Foreign Nationality	100.00	0.86	6.99	36.40	2.50	0.19	35.09	6.26	10.75	0.96	
        European Union (EU-27)	100.00	2.13	6.43	31.46	3.23	0.22	26.28	6.70	22.87	0.68	
        Rest of Europe	100.00	1.50	2.67	39.37	0.44	0.96	26.98	6.70	14.02	7.37	
        Latin America	100.00	0.29	7.67	44.75	2.28	0.07	35.37	4.26	4.88	0.43	
        Rest of the world and stateless persons	100.00	..	7.34	20.35	2.40	0.22	53.02	11.16	4.39	1.12	
Notes:
Source: National Statistics Institute