Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Spain's employment increased by 6.9% compared to 2023, reaching 2,275k.

Spain accounts for 18.8% of the EU-27 total of 12,089k.

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 51.0% (from 1,507k in 2019).

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