Work & Labour in Spain

1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Spain.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 8.53 2024 down 81.1% 43rd
Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Dependent 9.5 Years 2025 down 8.9% 12th
Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 1.5% 2024 down 65.8% 72nd
Share of male workers in informal employment 1.5% 2024 down 65.8% 72nd
Share of workers in informal employment 2.2% 2024 down 52.6% 67th
Share of female workers in informal employment 3.0% 2024 down 39.5% 63rd
Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 2.2% 2024 down 52.6% 67th
LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 18.65 2025 down 42.7% 15th
Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 10.15 Years 2025 down 6.5% 11th
Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 14.35 million Persons 2026 up 7.3% 7th
Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 2.2% 2024 down 52.6% 76th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in the public sector 28.84 2025 down 8.2% 73rd
Workers in the reference group 20,737 2023 up 44.6% 9th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in the public sector 28.84 2025 down 8.2% 71st
Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 4.64 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 22.1% 12th
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 3,405 Persons 2024 up 14.4% 8th
Gender wage gap 5.88 2021 down 63.8% 37th
Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 32.72 2024 down 6.1% 56th
Part-time employment - Regions 3.04 million Persons 2025 up 8.1% 8th
Dentists — Health and social employment 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 22.2% 17th
Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 1.56 million 2020 up 3.5% 1st
Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.23 Factor of decile 1 2024 down 23.8% 37th
Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 28,508 National currency 2025 up 60.4% 11th
Public sector employees 3,549 2025 up 19.3% 14th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 5.9% 2021 down 63.8% 39th
Gender wage gap 5.9% 2021 down 63.8% 39th
Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 5.9% 2021 down 63.8% 39th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 5.9% 2021 down 63.8% 39th
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 5.9% 2021 down 63.8% 39th
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 12.11 2024 down 50.4% 16th
Hospital employment 14.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 25.4% 16th
Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 1.57 million 2019 up 4.2% 2nd
Gender wage gap 6.16 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2022 down 49.5% 26th
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 14.84 2024 down 49.5% 5th
Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 12.9% 8th
Annual working hours per person employed 1,701 Hours 2016 down 0.8% 24th
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 17 2021 up 47.8% 54th
Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 67.0% 2007 up 4.4% 17th
Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 109.2 Index 2026 up 1.4% 3rd
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 10.5 2025 down 52.4% 11th
Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 10.5 2025 down 52.4% 11th
Unemployment rate 15.31 2025 down 31.0% 4th
Unemployment 3,856 2025 down 35.8% 4th
Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3,606 2025 up 3.3% 13th
Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 48.76 2025 down 10.6% 36th
Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3,789 2025 up 30.2% 9th
Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,781 2025 up 33.2% 15th
Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 37.61 2025 up 15.3% 48th
Working-age population 41,873 2025 up 8.7% 8th
Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 22.87 2025 down 43.1% 4th
Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 11.15 2025 down 49.1% 4th
Labour force participation rate 60.15 2025 down 1.8% 33rd
Labour force 25,187 2025 up 6.7% 11th
Persons outside the labour force 16,686 2025 up 11.9% 8th
Employment-to-population ratio 50.94 2025 up 11.5% 44th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 15.31 2025 down 39.8% 4th
Employment by permanency of the job 14.42 Persons 1998 up 13.5% 8th
Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 49,737 Thousand persons 2026 up 7.0% 7th
Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 841.04 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 up 5.1% 7th
Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 98.79 Index, 2020=100 2025 up 5.1% 11th