Long-term unemployment rate in Spain

Name: Long-term unemployment rate in Spain
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In 2025, 3.4% of the labour force in Spain had been unemployed for at least a year. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Long-term unemployment rate % of the labour force Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.

Spain, 2025 3.4%d % of the labour force

Change from 2024 −0.4percentage points 2024: 3.8%

European Union, 2025 1.9% Official aggregate

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 1.8% Middle value of 27 countries

Position in 2025 5th of 34 See the full ranking

Long-term unemployment rate 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.

Long-term unemployment rate (% of the labour force), 2009 to 2025
Period	Spain	European Union
2025	3.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.9%
2024	3.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.9%
2023	4.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))	2.1%
2022	5.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))	2.4%
2021	6.2%d (definition differs (see metadata))	2.8%
2020	5.0%	2.4%
2019	5.3%	2.7%
2018	6.4%	3.1%
2017	7.7%	3.7%
2016	9.5%	4.3%
2015	11.4%	4.9%
2014	12.9%	5.4%
2013	13.0%	5.4%
2012	11.0%	4.9%
2011	8.9%	4.3%
2010	7.3%	4.0%
2009	4.3%	3.1%

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

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In short

That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 3.8% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 11.4%, the figure has changed by −8.0 percentage points.
Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 5th highest value.
The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.9%.