OECD monthly unemployment rate in Spain

The OECD harmonised unemployment rate in Spain was 10.3% in September 2026. The value for September 2026 is the highest since March 2026.

Measure: Monthly unemployment rate (OECD harmonised) Unit: % of the labour force aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted Data: January 2000 to September 2026 Source: OECD
Spain, September 2026 10.3% % of the labour force aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted
Change from August 2026 +0.1percentage points August 2026: 10.2%
Median of European Union (27 countries), September 2026 6.2% Middle value of 25 countries
Position in September 2026 2nd of 36 See the full ranking

OECD monthly unemployment rate in Spain over time

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% of the labour force aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted. Source: OECD Data Explorer. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Monthly unemployment rate (OECD harmonised) (% of the labour force aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted), January 2017 to September 2026 – most recent 40 periods; the CSV has all of them
Period Spain
September 2026 10.3%
August 2026 10.2%
July 2026 10.2%
June 2026 10.2%
May 2026 10.2%
April 2026 10.2%
March 2026 10.3%
February 2026 10.3%
January 2026 10.3%
December 2025 10.2%
November 2025 10.1%
October 2025 10.2%
September 2025 10.4%
August 2025 10.5%
July 2025 10.6%
June 2025 10.6%
May 2025 10.6%
April 2025 10.6%
March 2025 10.8%
February 2025 10.8%
January 2025 10.8%
December 2024 10.8%
November 2024 10.8%
October 2024 10.9%
September 2024 11.1%
August 2024 11.3%
July 2024 11.4%
June 2024 11.5%
May 2024 11.6%
April 2024 11.6%
March 2024 11.7%
February 2024 11.7%
January 2024 11.9%
December 2023 11.9%
November 2023 12.0%
October 2023 12.0%
September 2023 12.0%
August 2023 12.0%
July 2023 12.0%
June 2023 11.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 10.2% in August 2026.
  • Since November 2025, when it was 10.1%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 36 countries with data for September 2026, Spain has the 2nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
OECD, Infra-annual Labour Statistics
Distributed by
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Dataset or series code
OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_LFS@DF_IALFS_UNE_M,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.UNE_LF_M...Y._T.Y_GE15..M
Observation period
January 2000 to September 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: OECD Data Explorer, original data: OECD, Infra-annual Labour Statistics