Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2021, Spain's employment increased by 10.2% compared to 2020, reaching 1,646k.

Spain accounts for 18.7% of the EU-27 total of 8,798k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 30.9% (from 1,257k in 2016).

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