Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2005, Spain's employment increased by 27.1% compared to 2004, reaching 561k.

Spain accounts for 15.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,534k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 341.3% (from 127k in 2000).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.