Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2008, Spain's employment increased by 6.6% compared to 2007, reaching 800k.

Spain accounts for 17.6% of the EU-27 total of 4,533k.

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 113.5% (from 375k in 2003).

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