The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 6.4% in July from June’s 6.5%. As for the Eurozone’s largest economies,...
Unemployment in Spain
The unemployment rate in Spain averaged 18.2% in the decade to 2022, double the 9.2% average for the Euro Area. The unemployment rate in 2022 was 12.9%. For more unemployment information, visit our dedicated page.
Spain Unemployment Chart
Note: This chart displays Unemployment Rate for Spain from 2018 to 2017.
Source: Macrobond.
Spain Unemployment Data
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment (% of active population, aop) | 14.1 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 12.2 |
Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Spanish unemployment projections for the next ten years from a panel of 30 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable unemployment forecast available for Spanish unemployment.
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