Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2008, Spain's employment increased by 3.2% compared to 2007, reaching 2,029k.

Spain accounts for 27.1% of the EU-27 total of 7,477k.

Spain ranks 1st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 110.3% (from 965k in 2003).

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