Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2009, Spain's employment decreased by 6.8% compared to 2008, reaching 745k.

Spain accounts for 16.4% of the EU-27 total of 4,535k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 68.7% (from 442k in 2004).

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