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Immigration of British citizens to Spain
Ethnic group
British citizens in Spain and Spaniards of British origin Ciudadanos británicos en España y españoles de origen británico
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British migration to Spain has resulted in Spain being home to one of the largest British-born populations outside the United Kingdom in the world, and the largest in Europe. Migration from the UK to Spain has increased rapidly since the late 1990s and the registered population of British nationals in Spain in 2014 was 297,229 (2014). After Brexit, in 2020 British nationals in Spain numbered 262,885.
Demographics
Population size
In 2014, the officially registered population of British nationals in Spain was 236,669 (2014) and 107,326 in 2001.
Vertical bar chart of foreign population of British nationality in Spain between 1998 and 2020
Research has shown that most of the British population in Spain is poorly socially integrated into Spanish society. A survey of 340 British migrants in the Province of Málaga, for example, found that one third rarely or never met Spanish people, apart from in shops and restaurants, and that 60 per cent did not speak Spanish well. A number of initiatives have been launched to improve integration of British migrants into Spanish life, including language course provision. During the Great Recession, some British people in Spain who wanted to return to the UK were unable to do so because of the difficulty of selling property in a depressed local housing market. Figures published in January 2015 showed that 2,973 British nationals were in receipt of unemployment benefits in Spain, paid by the host country. In order to receive an unemployment benefit in Spain, a person must be legally unemployed after making unemployment contributions at least 360 days in the last six years and be registered with the employment authorities as available for work. The unemployment benefit is paid for a minimum of four months and maximum of 24 months, based on the period that the unemployed person has contributed.
