ES · 2017 · lfsa_egan

Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

Spain, 2017

Employment (15-64, all citizenships)
18,649k
Spain, 2017
▲ 2.6% vs 2016 (18,183k)
Analysis

In 2017, Spain's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 2.6% compared to 2016, reaching 18,649k.

Spain accounts for 9.8% of the EU-27 total of 191,035k.

Spain ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.7% (from 17,477k in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
9.8%
EU-27: 191,035k
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