Employment — national citizens

In 2023, Spain's employment increased by 1.7% compared to 2022, reaching 17,864k.

Spain accounts for 9.9% of the EU-27 total of 180,763k.

Spain ranks 4th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.4% (from 16,947k in 2018).

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