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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Unemployment rate in Spain

1999 – 2025 · 27 data points 1 of 14 · Countries Updated Oct 23, 2026
Economy & jobs · 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 10.5% −0.9 pp since 2024
Countries · 2025 1 of 14 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −11.6 pp
vs European Union +4.5 pp European Union: 6.0% · 2025
Unemployment rate, 1999 – 2025 percent · Spain · European Union · World
−11.6 pp since 2015
Spain European Union World

Sources: Eurostat · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Spain
10.5%
European Union
6.0%
World
4.8%

Sources: Eurostat · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Spain · 1999 – 2025
Latest value 10.5% · 2025
First value 15.5% · 1999
Highest 26.1% · 2013
Lowest 8.2% · 2007
Data points 27

By year

All years · 1999 – 2025

YearSpainChange European UnionWorld
2025 10.5% −0.9 pp 6.0% 4.8%
2024 11.4% −0.8 pp 6.0% 4.8%
2023 12.2% −0.8 pp 6.1% 4.8%
2022 13.0% −1.9 pp 6.2% 5.2%
2021break in series 14.9% −0.6 pp 7.1% 6.0%
2020 15.5% +1.4 pp 7.1% 6.6%
2019 14.1% −1.2 pp 6.7% 5.6%
2018 15.3% −1.9 pp 7.3% 5.8%
2017 17.2% −2.4 pp 8.2% 5.9%
2016 19.6% −2.5 pp 9.1% 6.0%
2015 22.1% −2.4 pp 10.1% 6.0%
2014 24.5% −1.6 pp 10.9% 6.0%
2013 26.1% +1.3 pp 11.4% 6.1%
2012 24.8% +3.4 pp 10.9% 6.2%
2011 21.4% +1.5 pp 9.9% 6.1%
2010 19.9% +2.0 pp 9.9% 6.3%
2009 17.9% +6.6 pp 9.2% 6.4%
2008 11.3% +3.1 pp 7.3% 5.8%
2007 8.2% −0.3 pp 7.5% 5.8%
2006break in series 8.5% −0.7 pp 8.7% 6.0%
2005break in series 9.2% −1.9 pp 9.6% 6.2%
2004 11.1% −0.2 pp 10.0% 6.3%
2003 11.3% +0.1 pp 9.7% 6.5%
2002 11.2% +0.8 pp 9.6% 6.4%
2001break in series 10.4% −3.4 pp — 6.2%
2000 13.8% −1.7 pp — 6.1%
1999 15.5% — 6.3%

Sources: Eurostat · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2022 · 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
#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Spain 13.0%
2 Greece 12.5%
3 Türkiye 10.5%
4 Italy 8.1%
5 France 7.3%
6 Finland 6.8%
7 Lithuania 6.0%
8 Romania 5.6%
9 Bulgaria 4.2%
10 Netherlands 3.5%
11 Norway 3.2%
12 Germany 3.1%
13 Poland 2.9%
14 Czechia 2.2%

Source: Eurostat, 2022

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