Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2010, Spain's employment decreased by 3.6% compared to 2009, reaching 2,441k.

Spain accounts for 21.2% of the EU-27 total of 11,531k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.2% (from 2,101k in 2005).

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