Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2020, Spain's employment decreased by 0.9% compared to 2019, reaching 1,494k.

Spain accounts for 17.2% of the EU-27 total of 8,669k.

Spain ranks 2nd 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 22.3% (from 1,222k in 2015).

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