Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2016, Spain's employment increased by 5.6% compared to 2015, reaching 711k.

Spain accounts for 12.0% of the EU-27 total of 5,949k.

Spain ranks 3rd 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 4.8% (from 679k in 2011).

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