Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2021, Spain's employment decreased by 8.1% compared to 2020, reaching 738k.

Spain accounts for 11.7% of the EU-27 total of 6,286k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.7% (from 711k in 2016).

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