Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 in Spain

Name: Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 in Spain
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The unemployment rate in Spain was 10.5% of the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 % of the labour force Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

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Spain, 2025 10.5%d % of the labour force

Change from 2024 −0.9percentage points 2024: 11.4%

European Union, 2025 6.0% Official aggregate

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 6.0% Middle value of 27 countries

Position in 2025 3rd of 34 See the full ranking

Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 in Spain over time

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% of the labour force. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 (% of the labour force), 2009 to 2025
Period	Spain	European Union
2025	10.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))	6.0%
2024	11.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))	6.0%
2023	12.2%d (definition differs (see metadata))	6.1%
2022	13.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))	6.2%
2021	14.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))	7.1%
2020	15.5%	7.2%
2019	14.1%	6.8%
2018	15.3%	7.4%
2017	17.2%	8.3%
2016	19.6%	9.3%
2015	22.1%	10.2%
2014	24.5%	11.0%
2013	26.1%	11.6%
2012	24.8%	11.1%
2011	21.4%	10.1%
2010	19.9%	10.1%
2009	17.9%	9.3%

Flags: d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 11.4% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 22.1%, the figure has changed by −11.6 percentage points.
Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 3rd highest value.
The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 6.0%.

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All statistics for Spain

Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 24.9%d 2025 · Eurostat Long-term unemployment rate 3.4%d 2025 · Eurostat Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) 10.3% September 2026 · Eurostat ILO estimate of the unemployment rate 10.4% 2025 · ILOSTAT Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 72.4%d 2025 · Eurostat Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64 67.6%d 2025 · Eurostat

Source and dates

Original producer: Eurostat
Source: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code: une_rt_a · dataset details · view at source
Selection: freq=A age=Y15-74 unit=PC_ACT
Observation period: 2009 to 2025 for Spain
Provider update: 6 November 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

How Spain compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 34 countries with a value for 2025.

1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.2%
2 North Macedonia 11.5%
3 Spain 10.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
4 Finland 9.7%
5 Greece 8.9%
6 Sweden 8.8%
7 Serbia 8.7%

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Spain by sex

Total 10.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))2025
Women 11.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))2025
Men 9.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))2025

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What this measures

Unemployed people aged 15 to 74 as a share of the labour force of the same age. The labour force is everyone who is employed or unemployed. People without a job who are not looking for one, or cannot start work, are outside it.

Population covered: Labour force aged 15 to 74

The denominator is the labour force, not the whole population.

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