Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2025, Spain's employment increased by 4.8% compared to 2024, reaching 956k.

Spain accounts for 13.4% of the EU-27 total of 7,143k.

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 19.1% (from 803k in 2020).

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