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Employment rate in Spain
1999 – 2025 · 27 data points
10 of 14 · Countries
Updated Oct 23, 2026
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
72.4%
+1.0 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
10 of 14
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
+10.4 pp
vs European Union
−3.7 pp
European Union: 76.1% · 2025
Employment rate, 1999 – 2025 percent · Spain · European Union
+10.4 pp since 2015
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
1999
2010
2015
2025
Spain
European Union
Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025
Compared with Employment rate · percent
Spain
72.4%
European Union
76.1%
Source: Eurostat
The series at a glance Spain · 1999 – 2025
Latest value
72.4% · 2025
First value
58.2% · 1999
Highest
72.4% · 2025
Lowest
58.2% · 1999
Data points
27
By year
All years · 1999 – 2025
| Year | Spain | Change | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.4% | +1.0 pp | 76.1% |
| 2024 | 71.4% | +0.9 pp | 75.7% |
| 2023 | 70.5% | +1.2 pp | 75.3% |
| 2022 | 69.3% | +1.8 pp | 74.6% |
| 2021break in series | 67.5% | +1.8 pp | 73.1% |
| 2020 | 65.7% | −2.3 pp | 72.2% |
| 2019 | 68.0% | +1.0 pp | 73.1% |
| 2018 | 67.0% | +1.5 pp | 72.3% |
| 2017 | 65.5% | +1.6 pp | 71.3% |
| 2016 | 63.9% | +1.9 pp | 70.1% |
| 2015 | 62.0% | +2.1 pp | 69.0% |
| 2014 | 59.9% | +1.3 pp | 68.1% |
| 2013 | 58.6% | −1.0 pp | 67.4% |
| 2012 | 59.6% | −2.4 pp | 67.6% |
| 2011 | 62.0% | −0.8 pp | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 62.8% | −1.2 pp | 67.8% |
| 2009 | 64.0% | −4.5 pp | 68.1% |
| 2008 | 68.5% | −1.2 pp | 69.5% |
| 2007 | 69.7% | +0.7 pp | 69.0% |
| 2006break in series | 69.0% | +1.5 pp | 67.9% |
| 2005break in series | 67.5% | +2.3 pp | 66.8% |
| 2004 | 65.2% | +0.9 pp | 66.1% |
| 2003 | 64.3% | +1.1 pp | 66.0% |
| 2002 | 63.2% | +1.2 pp | 65.7% |
| 2001break in series | 62.0% | +1.4 pp | — |
| 2000 | 60.6% | +2.4 pp | — |
| 1999 | 58.2% | — |
Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Employment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 83.5% | |
| 2 | Czechia | 82.3% | |
| 3 | Germany | 81.1% | |
| 4 | Norway | 80.0% | |
| 5 | Lithuania | 79.2% | |
| 6 | Poland | 78.4% | |
| 7 | Finland | 77.0% | |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 76.8% | |
| 9 | France | 75.0% | |
| 10 | Spain | 71.4% | |
| 11 | Romania | 69.5% | |
| 12 | Greece | 69.3% | |
| 13 | Italy | 67.1% | |
| 14 | Türkiye | 58.5% |
Source: Eurostat, 2024
What it means
The share of working-age people who have a job.
How it is calculated
Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.
Economy & jobs
Spain in numbers
GDP per person
€32,600
2024
GDP per person (PPP)
$59,868
2025
GDP per person, EU = 100
91
2024
Gross domestic product
€1.6T
2024
Economic growth
2.8%
2025
Inflation
2.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
10.5%
2025
Youth unemployment
24.9%
2025
Labour force participation
57.4%
2025
Household income per person
€18,300
2023
At risk of poverty
19.5%
2025
Income inequality (Gini)
33.4
2023