Work & Labour in Spain 1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Spain. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Nurses — Health and social employment 7.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 22.9% 21st SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 8.4 2025 down 34.3% 54th Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 2,519 Thousand persons 2026 down 39.4% 5th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 17.28 2024 down 46.8% 7th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,608 2025 down 48.4% 3rd Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 52.77 2025 up 15.1% 51st Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 22,221 2025 up 24.4% 11th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 17,282 2025 up 7.7% 10th Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 58.96 2025 up 0.2% 47th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 9.83 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 21.8% 5th Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 24,829 2025 up 8.3% 12th Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 32.47 2024 down 9.3% 14th Number of labour inspection visits 223,982 2021 down 37.2% 4th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 109.17 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 0.9% 17th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.334 2025 down 8.0% 25th Median monthly earnings of employees 2,649 2025 up 28.5% 29th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 24.8% 2020 up 9.4% 19th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -13.94 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 up 37.6% 26th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 19,172 Persons 2025 up 29.9% 8th Number of labour inspectors 2,115 2021 up 13.4% 5th Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 49,312 Thousand persons 2025 up 6.3% 7th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 22,481 Persons 2025 up 25.8% 10th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 15.36 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 53.9% 4th Trade union density rate 12.45 2019 down 32.1% 58th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 10.5 2025 down 28.1% 37th Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 34.71 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 up 2.1% 22nd Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 10.4 Euro 2025 up 62.5% 30th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 508.76 2025 down 22.1% 16th Labour inspection visits per inspector 105.9 2021 down 44.6% 28th Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social 12.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 35.6% 9th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 42,260 Euro 2025 up 34.1% 20th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 36.91 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 17.3% 6th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 26.4 2025 up 24.5% 34th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 13.54 2025 down 47.0% 14th [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 57.2% 2022 up 7.5% 27th Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 3 score 2025 unchanged 1st SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 3 2025 unchanged 1st LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 19.68 2023 down 41.9% 5th Time-related underemployment 780.38 2023 down 27.6% 8th Time-related underemployment rate 3.84 2023 down 40.8% 10th Employment by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 36.16 million Thousand hours worked 2024 up 18.4% 5th Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 870.28 2025 down 18.7% 13th Population in private households by degree of urbanisation and labour 37,848 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.3% 7th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 65.6% 2025 unchanged 28th Employment rates by educational attainment level 58.7% 2025 up 14.9% 35th Employed persons by educational attainment level 22,203 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.3% 7th Employed persons by occupation and educational attainment level 22,221 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.4% 7th Self-employed persons by educational attainment level 3,195 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.2% 7th Employees by educational attainment level 18,933 Thousand persons 2025 up 28.2% 6th Persons in full-time/part-time employment by educational attainment 22,203 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.3% 7th Labour force by educational attainment level 24,811 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.3% 7th Employed persons by professional status 22,203 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.3% 7th Employed persons by professional status and occupation 22,203 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.3% 7th Employed persons by professional status and full-time/part-time 22,203 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.3% 7th Self-employed persons by occupation 3,195 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.2% 7th Employees by occupation 18,933 Thousand persons 2025 up 28.2% 6th Persons in full-time/part-time employment by occupation 22,203 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.3% 7th Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment 2,608 Thousand persons 2025 down 48.4% 2nd Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by 12,712 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.6% 7th Persons outside the labour force - % of total population in private 34.4% 2025 unchanged 18th ← Previous Page 9 of 18 Next →