ES · 2017 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Spain, 2017

Employment rates by citizenship
66.5%
Spain, 2017
▲ 2.6% vs 2016 (64.8%)
Analysis

In 2017, Spain's employment rates by citizenship increased by 2.6% compared to 2016, reaching 66.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 72.1%.

Spain ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.3% (from 60.3% in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
92.2%
EU-27: 72.1%
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
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