WTMG Intelligence
Spain Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of Spain's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score83.1915
Global RMOS Rank#2 of 171
Migration Momentum86.0
International Migrant Stock8,870,527
Migrant Share18.2%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%
This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.
RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Spain's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS83.1915
Global rank#2
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 1.2%
Migrant-stock rank#5 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#31 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 86.0 | 25% | 21.4912 |
| Migrant Market Size | 97.7 | 20% | 19.5322 |
| Migrant Share | 82.4 | 15% | 12.3529 |
| GDP per Capita | 80.9 | 15% | 12.1348 |
| GDP Growth | 53.1 | 10% | 5.3107 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 78.7 | 10% | 7.8697 |
| Visa Accessibility | 90.0 | 5% | 4.5000 |
| Stored final RMOS | 83.1915 | ||
Spain migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
Spain Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock8,870,527
2020 migrant stock7,146,130
2015 migrant stock5,892,847
2020-2024 change+1,724,397 (+24.1%)
2015-2024 change+2,977,680 (+50.5%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into Spain
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Morocco | 1,088,408 | 914,262 | 736,479 | +174,146 (+19.0%) |
| #2 | Colombia | 792,228 | 513,451 | 344,064 | +278,777 (+54.3%) |
| #3 | Venezuela | 602,539 | 398,098 | 166,705 | +204,441 (+51.4%) |
| #4 | Romania | 522,578 | 571,347 | 635,020 | -48,769 (-8.5%) |
| #5 | Ecuador | 432,111 | 415,195 | 409,807 | +16,916 (+4.1%) |
| #6 | Argentina | 390,798 | 296,102 | 249,205 | +94,696 (+32.0%) |
| #7 | Peru | 352,470 | 243,343 | 183,395 | +109,127 (+44.8%) |
| #8 | Honduras | 218,548 | 133,075 | 45,288 | +85,473 (+64.2%) |
| #9 | France | 217,960 | 208,191 | 199,180 | +9,769 (+4.7%) |
| #10 | Ukraine | 217,765 | 110,708 | 85,802 | +107,057 (+96.7%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from Spain
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | France | 254,830 | 276,834 | 285,827 | -22,004 (-7.9%) |
| #2 | USA | 168,755 | 155,463 | 141,349 | +13,292 (+8.5%) |
| #3 | Germany | 166,899 | 145,118 | 118,056 | +21,781 (+15.0%) |
| #4 | Romania | 85,101 | 57,063 | 27,022 | +28,038 (+49.1%) |
| #5 | Switzerland | 71,167 | 68,631 | 68,205 | +2,536 (+3.7%) |
| #6 | Venezuela | 67,085 | 70,318 | 74,582 | -3,233 (-4.6%) |
| #7 | Belgium | 58,242 | 50,690 | 46,582 | +7,552 (+14.9%) |
| #8 | Argentina | 54,371 | 54,972 | 72,149 | -601 (-1.1%) |
| #9 | Netherlands | 43,909 | 33,171 | 25,730 | +10,738 (+32.4%) |
| #10 | Italy | 37,029 | 38,174 | 29,775 | -1,145 (-3.0%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
78.7
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 7 covered WTLG cities.
Explore Spain Destination Intelligence on WhereToLiveGuideWTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
90.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 90.0, based on 7 contributing cities.
Spain against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | Spain | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 83.2 | 55.8 | +27.4 |
| Migration Momentum | 86.0 | 60.1 | +25.8 |
| Migrant Market Size | 97.7 | 50.3 | +47.4 |
| Migrant Share | 82.4 | 50.0 | +32.4 |
| GDP per Capita | 80.9 | 51.1 | +29.8 |
| GDP Growth | 53.1 | 50.6 | +2.5 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 78.7 | 67.0 | +11.7 |
| Visa Accessibility | 90.0 | 60.0 | +30.0 |
Data years and limitations
- UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
- World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
- WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
- RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
- Different datasets have different update cycles.
- This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.