Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2007, Spain's employment increased by 12.4% compared to 2006, reaching 1,966k.

Spain accounts for 28.7% of the EU-27 total of 6,842k.

Spain ranks 1st 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 156.4% (from 767k in 2002).

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