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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region

Employment rate in Madrid

1999 – 2025 · 27 data points 1 of 19 · Regions of Spain Updated Oct 23, 2026
Economy & jobs · Madrid Spain

Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025

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Overview 6 figures People 13 figures Economy 14 figures Housing 1 figure Education 5 figures Tourism 4 figures Climate 1 figure
Latest value · 2025 77.9% +1.1 pp since 2024
Regions of Spain · 2025 1 of 19 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +8.2 pp
vs Spain +5.5 pp Spain: 72.4% · 2025
Employment rate, 1999 – 2025 percent · Madrid · Spain · European Union
+8.2 pp since 2015
Madrid Spain European Union

Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Madrid
77.9%
Spain
72.4%
European Union
76.1%

Source: Eurostat

The series at a glance Madrid · 1999 – 2025
Latest value 77.9% · 2025
First value 61.6% · 1999
Highest 77.9% · 2025
Lowest 61.6% · 1999
Data points 27

By year

All years · 1999 – 2025

YearMadridChange SpainEuropean Union
2025 77.9% +1.1 pp 72.4% 76.1%
2024 76.8% +1.3 pp 71.4% 75.7%
2023 75.5% +1.0 pp 70.5% 75.3%
2022 74.5% +0.4 pp 69.3% 74.6%
2021break in series 74.1% +2.1 pp 67.5% 73.1%
2020 72.0% −2.2 pp 65.7% 72.2%
2019 74.2% +1.3 pp 68.0% 73.1%
2018 72.9% +1.0 pp 67.0% 72.3%
2017 71.9% +1.5 pp 65.5% 71.3%
2016 70.4% +0.7 pp 63.9% 70.1%
2015 69.7% +2.4 pp 62.0% 69.0%
2014 67.3% +0.7 pp 59.9% 68.1%
2013 66.6% −1.0 pp 58.6% 67.4%
2012 67.6% −1.5 pp 59.6% 67.6%
2011 69.1% −0.9 pp 62.0% 67.8%
2010 70.0% −0.8 pp 62.8% 67.8%
2009 70.8% −3.4 pp 64.0% 68.1%
2008 74.2% −1.2 pp 68.5% 69.5%
2007 75.4% +0.8 pp 69.7% 69.0%
2006break in series 74.6% +1.5 pp 69.0% 67.9%
2005break in series 73.1% +2.0 pp 67.5% 66.8%
2004 71.1% +1.7 pp 65.2% 66.1%
2003 69.4% +0.8 pp 64.3% 66.0%
2002 68.6% +1.7 pp 63.2% 65.7%
2001break in series 66.9% +3.5 pp 62.0% —
2000 63.4% +1.8 pp 60.6% —
1999 61.6% 58.2% —

Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of Spain

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Comunidad de Madrid 69.7%
2 Illes Balears 68.9%
3 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 68.5%
4 La Rioja 68.5%
5 Cataluña 67.7%
6 Aragón 67.5%
7 País Vasco 67.0%
8 Castilla y León 63.7%
9 Cantabria 62.8%
10 Galicia 61.5%
11 Comunitat Valenciana 61.1%
12 Principado de Asturias 58.2%
13 Región de Murcia 58.2%
14 Castilla-La Mancha 57.7%
15 Canarias 55.6%
16 Extremadura 53.4%
17 Andalucía 52.6%
18 Ciudad de Ceuta 50.8%
19 Ciudad de Melilla 48.4%

Source: Eurostat, 2015

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