Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2004, Spain's employment increased by 24.7% compared to 2003, reaching 1,203k.

Spain accounts for 26.6% of the EU-27 total of 4,520k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 457.1% (from 216k in 1999).

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