Spain: jobs

Unemployment and employment compared with the large euro area economies, and how the rate differs between Spain's regions. Shaded bands mark who was in office; Lag lines results up with the government in office one or two years earlier.

Unemployment rate

% of the labour force, monthly, seasonally adjusted.

Youth unemployment rate

People under 25, % of their labour force, monthly, seasonally adjusted.

Employment rate, ages 20–64

% of the population aged 20–64 in work. Breaks in Spain's series in 2005 (survey method) and 2021 (new EU rules).

Unemployment across the EU,

% of the labour force, seasonally adjusted.

Unemployment by region,

Labour force survey (EPA), % of the labour force, not seasonally adjusted. Regional governments run job centres; labour law and benefits are national.