Spain
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate measures the share of the labor force actively looking for work but not employed. It is a lagging but essential gauge of labor-market slack.
Unemployment Rate - Spain
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The reading right now
As of January 2025, Unemployment rate for Spain stood at 10.4%. That is down 1 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 12.4%, ranging from a low of 10.4% in January 2025 to a high of 14.9% in January 2021. The current reading sits 4 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 14.4%.
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