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Spain unemployment (EPA) in Spain

The unemployment rate in Spain was 10.18% in Q3 2026.

Measure: Spain unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (EPA) Unit: % of the labour force aged 16+ Data: Q1 2002 to Q3 2026 Source: INE Spain
Spain, Q3 2026 10.18% % of the labour force aged 16+
Change from Q2 2026 +0.31percentage points Q2 2026: 9.87%

Spain unemployment (EPA) in Spain over time

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% of the labour force aged 16+. Source: INE website, www.ine.es. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Spain unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (EPA) (% of the labour force aged 16+), Q1 2017 to Q3 2026
Period Spain
Q3 2026 10.18%
Q2 2026 9.87%
Q1 2026 10.83%
Q4 2025 9.93%
Q3 2025 10.45%
Q2 2025 10.29%
Q1 2025 11.36%
Q4 2024 10.61%
Q3 2024 11.21%
Q2 2024 11.27%
Q1 2024 12.29%
Q4 2023 11.80%
Q3 2023 11.89%
Q2 2023 11.67%
Q1 2023 13.38%
Q4 2022 12.99%
Q3 2022 12.73%
Q2 2022 12.69%
Q1 2022 13.73%
Q4 2021 13.44%
Q3 2021 14.71%
Q2 2021 15.39%
Q1 2021 16.14%
Q4 2020 16.13%
Q3 2020 16.26%
Q2 2020 15.33%
Q1 2020 14.41%
Q4 2019 13.78%
Q3 2019 13.92%
Q2 2019 14.02%
Q1 2019 14.70%
Q4 2018 14.45%
Q3 2018 14.55%
Q2 2018 15.28%
Q1 2018 16.74%
Q4 2017 16.55%
Q3 2017 16.38%
Q2 2017 17.22%
Q1 2017 18.75%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.31 percentage points from 9.87% in Q2 2026.
  • Since Q1 2024, when it was 12.29%, the figure has changed by −2.11 percentage points.

More for Spain

All statistics for Spain
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 10.5%d (Definition differs) 2025 · Eurostat Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) 10.3% September 2026 · Eurostat Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 24.9%d (Definition differs) 2025 · Eurostat Long-term unemployment rate 3.4%d (Definition differs) 2025 · Eurostat Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 72.4%d (Definition differs) 2025 · Eurostat Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64 67.6%d (Definition differs) 2025 · Eurostat

Source and dates

Original producer
INE Spain
Source
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain
Dataset or series code
EPA · dataset details
Observation period
Q1 2002 to Q3 2026 for Spain
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: INE website, www.ine.es