ES · 2021 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Spain, 2021

Employment rates by citizenship
67.5%
Spain, 2021
▲ 2.1% vs 2020 (66.1%)
Analysis

In 2021, Spain's employment rates by citizenship increased by 2.1% compared to 2020, reaching 67.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 73.3%.

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 4.2% (from 64.8% in 2016).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
92.1%
EU-27: 73.3%
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025