Work & Labour in Spain

1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Spain.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment rate of men vs. women 9.0% 2025 down 56.8% 42nd
Female unemployment rate 11.9% 2025 down 49.3% 37th
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 29.1% 2025 down 2.2% 61st
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 4.6% 2025 down 17.3% 143rd
Share of male vs. female employment in services 66.3% 2025 up 2.5% 37th
Employment rate, men vs. women 56.6% 2025 up 10.1% 153rd
Employment rate 51.5% 2025 up 12.6% 132nd
Youth unemployment rate 24.7% 2025 down 48.8% 31st
Population by labor force status 6.04 million people 2025 down 13.7% 64th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 5.9% 2023 down 13.4% 152nd
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 18.54 2025 down 2.3% 127th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 4,792 2025 down 38.6% 10th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,652 Persons 2022 up 22.9% 13th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,428 Persons 2022 up 5.2% 23rd
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.9% 2020 down 8.5% 82nd
Female labor force by age 176,762 people 2024 up 144.9% 46th
Labor force participation rate by age 33.8% 2024 down 5.8% 123rd
Female labor force participation rate by age 31.2% 2024 down 8.4% 109th
Jobs gap 4,002 2025 down 38.5% 9th
Jobs gap rate 15.3 2025 down 42.7% 14th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 1,394 2025 down 4.1% 14th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 5.3 2025 down 11.7% 32nd
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 26.6% 2024 down 49.9% 28th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 1.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% 91st
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0009 units per square kilometre 2023 down 44.3% 142nd
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0027 units per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% 63rd
Employment by status 85.3% 2024 up 3.9% 43rd
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 85.3% 2024 up 3.9% 43rd
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0025 units per square kilometre 2023 up 67.5% 146th
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0025 units per square kilometre 2023 up 67.5% 146th
Employment 22,221 2025 up 24.4% 27th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 0.7845 % change on previous year 2025 up 41,772.1% 48th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 0.7845 % change on previous year 2025 up 41,772.1% 48th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 0.7845 % change on previous year 2025 up 41,772.1% 48th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 402 2024 up 43.6% 21st
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.2% 2025 up 102.8% 71st
Unemployment with basic education 15.3% 2025 down 50.0% 16th
Unemployment with basic education, male 12.7% 2025 down 56.0% 23rd
Unemployment with intermediate education 11.5% 2025 down 46.3% 18th
Unemployment with basic education, female 19.4% 2025 down 41.7% 10th
Unemployment with advanced education 6.4% 2025 down 52.4% 44th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 13.3% 2025 down 45.0% 27th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.33 2024 down 67.0% 163rd
Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.33 score 2024 down 67.0% 164th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 10.5% 2025 down 28.1% 89th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 10.0% 2025 down 47.9% 13th
Labor force with basic education, female 36.5% 2025 down 12.0% 63rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 9.9% 2025 down 24.4% 97th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 11.1% 2025 down 31.0% 74th
Labor force with basic education, male 54.8% 2025 down 8.7% 73rd
Labor force with basic education 45.9% 2025 down 10.0% 72nd
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 57.7% 2025 down 9.1% 56th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 65.7% 2025 down 10.8% 101st
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 61.7% 2025 down 10.0% 79th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 5.4% 2025 down 52.8% 42nd
Labor force with advanced education, male 78.3% 2025 down 3.7% 91st
Labor force with advanced education 78.3% 2025 down 3.2% 63rd
Labor force with advanced education, female 78.4% 2025 down 2.7% 43rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 47.3% 2025 up 16.5% 108th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 57.1% 2025 up 11.2% 145th