Latest reading: The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in June from 4.1% in May, above market estimates. The...
Unemployment in Spain
The unemployment rate in Spain averaged 16.3% in the decade to 2024, below the 8.5% average for Euro Area. The unemployment rate in Spain was 11.3% in 2024. For more information on unemployment, visit our dedicated page.
Spain Unemployment Chart
Note: This chart displays Unemployment Rate for Spain from 2024 to 2017.
Source: Macrobond.
Spain Unemployment Data
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment (% of active population, aop) | 15.5 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 11.3 |
Unemployment rate increases in Q1
Latest reading: The unemployment rate rose to 11.4% in Q1 from 10.6% in Q4. Q1’s print surprised market expectations on the upside and marked the highest reading since Q1 2024. The number of employed people fell by 92,500 relative to Q4, with job losses recorded in the construction, industrial and services sectors. That said, employment in the agricultural sector increased. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed rose by 193,700 people from Q4, though the number of people in the labor force increased by 101,200 to a total of 24.6 million.
Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Spanish unemployment projections for the next ten years from a panel of 30 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable unemployment forecast available for Spanish unemployment.
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