Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2025, Spain's employment increased by 7.5% compared to 2024, reaching 3,435k.

Spain accounts for 17.2% of the EU-27 total of 19,955k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 49.6% (from 2,296k in 2020).

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