Part-time employment in Spain
13.5% of employed people aged 15 to 64 in Spain worked part-time in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.
Spain, 2025
13.5%d (Definition differs)
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.7%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
9.8%
Position in 2025
15th of 34
Part-time employment in Spain over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7% |
| 2024 | 13.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7% |
| 2023 | 13.1%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7% |
| 2022 | 13.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.5% |
| 2021 | 13.7%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 13.9% | 18.2% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | 18.3% |
| 2018 | 14.5% | 18.3% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | 18.5% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | 18.6% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | 18.7% |
| 2014 | 15.8% | 18.7% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | 18.6% |
| 2012 | 14.4% | 18.1% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | 17.7% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | 17.4% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | 16.9% |
| 2008 | 11.6% | 16.4% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | 16.4% |
| 2006 | 11.6%b (break in time series) | 16.3% |
| 2005 | 12.0%b (break in time series) | 16.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 8.8% | 15.3% |
| 2003 | 8.2% | 14.6% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | 14.2% |
| 2001 | 8.0%b (break in time series) | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bd break in time series, definition differs (see metadata); d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 13.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 15.6%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
- Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 15th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.7%.
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Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
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Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
10.5%d (Definition differs)
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Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
24.9%d (Definition differs)
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Long-term unemployment rate
3.4%d (Definition differs)
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Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64
67.6%d (Definition differs)
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