Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2010, Spain's employment decreased by 3.8% compared to 2009, reaching 1,719k.

Spain accounts for 24.4% of the EU-27 total of 7,046k.

Spain ranks 1st 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 11.7% (from 1,539k in 2005).

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