Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2010, Spain's employment decreased by 3.1% compared to 2009, reaching 722k.

Spain accounts for 16.1% of the EU-27 total of 4,485k.

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 28.7% (from 561k in 2005).

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