Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2019, Spain's employment increased by 8.2% compared to 2018, reaching 1,507k.

Spain accounts for 17.1% of the EU-27 total of 8,824k.

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 grown by 30.5% (from 1,155k in 2014).

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