Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Spain's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 7.7% compared to 2023, reaching 26.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.9%.

Spain ranks 1st 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 18.5% (from 32.5% in 2019).

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