ES · 2016 · une_rt_a

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

Spain, 2016

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
44.4%
Spain, 2016
▼ 8.1% vs 2015 (48.3%)
Analysis

In 2016, Spain's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 8.1% compared to 2015, reaching 44.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 20.7%.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.9% (from 46.2% in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
214.5%
EU-27: 20.7%
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
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