ES · 2017 · lfsa_egan

Employment — national citizens

Spain, 2017

Employment — national citizens
16,581k
Spain, 2017
▲ 2.3% vs 2016 (16,214k)
Analysis

In 2017, Spain's employment increased by 2.3% compared to 2016, reaching 16,581k.

Spain accounts for 9.4% of the EU-27 total of 176,807k.

Spain ranks 4th 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 7.8% (from 15,384k in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
9.4%
EU-27: 176,807k
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