Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2024, Spain's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 84.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 87.8%.

Spain ranks 26th 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 2.9% (from 81.9% in 2019).

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