ES · 2016 · lfsa_egan

Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

Spain, 2016

Employment — non-EU foreign citizens
1,257k
Spain, 2016
▲ 2.9% vs 2015 (1,222k)
Analysis

In 2016, Spain's employment increased by 2.9% compared to 2015, reaching 1,257k.

Spain accounts for 16.9% of the EU-27 total of 7,426k.

Spain ranks 3rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.9% (from 1,609k in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#3 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2016
16.9%
EU-27: 7,426k
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