Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2008, Spain's employment increased by 4.1% compared to 2007, reaching 2,828k.

Spain accounts for 23.5% of the EU-27 total of 12,011k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 111.2% (from 1,339k in 2003).

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