Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2006, Spain's employment increased by 16.4% compared to 2005, reaching 653k.

Spain accounts for 16.7% of the EU-27 total of 3,913k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 296.5% (from 165k in 2001).

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