Work & Labour in Spain

1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Spain.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Youth employment rate by country of birth 7.0% 2025 up 84.2% 25th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 246 2024 up 402.0% 16th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0.51 2024 up 410.0% 36th
Average monthly earnings of employees 1,878 2016 up 5.9% 28th
Employed persons by professional status and job tenure 10.3 Year 2025 down 5.5% 20th
Newly employed by professional status and citizenship - % of persons 18.2% 2025 up 2.8% 6th
Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 18.2% 2025 up 2.8% 6th
Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 24,379 Million euro 2024 down 12.3% 4th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 32.1% 2025 down 37.8% 19th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 32.1% 2025 down 37.8% 19th
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 708.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 37.6% 3rd
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 708.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 37.6% 3rd
Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 2,320 2023 down 15.8% 19th
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 810.32 2025 down 9.8% 15th
Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3.8 2025 down 25.6% 33rd
Informal employment rate 3.8 2025 down 25.6% 33rd
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 3.8 2025 down 25.6% 33rd
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 84.47 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2023 up 1.1% 11th
Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,235 2025 down 23.4% 12th
Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 5.79 2025 down 36.8% 26th
Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 37.2% 2025 down 44.7% 9th
Monthly minimum wages - bi-annual data 1,425 2026 up 86.5% 12th
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 89.57 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 up 20.5% 4th
Early leavers from education and training by labour status 12.8% 2025 down 36.0% 5th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 817.24 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 2.9% 5th
Labour input in construction - annual data 116.4 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 42.6% 8th
Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 7.8% 2025 up 169.0% 31st
Informal employment, female 3.7% 2024 down 17.2% 34th
Informal employment, male 4.0% 2024 down 26.4% 36th
Informal employment 3.9% 2024 down 22.7% 32nd
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 95.55 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 up 1.0% 29th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 15.31 2025 down 39.8% 3rd
Unemployment rate 15.31 2025 down 39.8% 3rd
Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 106.8 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 12.7% 11th
Fatal occupational injury rates 1.71 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 15.3% 51st
Informal employment 3.0% 2024 down 57.7% 44th
Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st
Collective bargaining coverage rate 80.1 2018 up 1.5% 10th
Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 26.4 2025 up 24.5% 19th
Informal employment, male 2.9% 2024 down 60.6% 44th
Employees working shifts - % of total employees 21.6% 2025 up 12.5% 18th
Employed persons working on Saturdays by professional status - % of 5.4% 2025 down 5.3% 43rd
Employed persons working on Sundays by professional status - % of 4.1% 2025 down 8.9% 43rd
Employed persons working at nights by professional status - % of 6.3% 2025 down 8.7% 33rd
Job tenure by professional status and occupation 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Long working hours in the main job by professional status and 6.0% 2025 down 39.4% 22nd
Employed persons working in the evenings by professional status - % 13.8% 2025 up 2.2% 36th
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, quarterly 121.1 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 25.8% 32nd
Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 77.1% 2025 up 18.4% 34th
Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 77.1% 2025 up 18.4% 34th
Unemployment rates of young persons not in education and training by 13.7% 2025 down 51.1% 6th
Labour force participation rates of young persons not in education 89.3% 2025 down 1.2% 10th
Labour force non-participation rates of young persons not in 10.7% 2025 up 11.5% 36th
Participation rate of young persons in education and training by 96.1% 2025 up 1.8% 21st
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by labour 67.2% 2025 up 7.3% 9th
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs 37.1 Rate 2025 up 3.3% 22nd
Informal employment, female 3.5% 2024 down 49.0% 41st
Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 54.3% 2025 up 3.8% 18th
Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Labour force 7.59 million Persons 2014 up 14.6% 5th