Unemployment rate,Percent in Spain
Spain: Unemployment rate,Percent was 10.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment rate,Percent in Spain, 1990–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, unemployment rate,percent in Spain stood at 10.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Spain peaked at 26.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2007.
Spain ranks 7th of 71 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Spain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15.5% | — |
| 1991 | 15.5% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 17.1% | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 20.8% | +22.1% |
| 1994 | 22.1% | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 20.8% | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 19.9% | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 18.4% | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 16.4% | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 13.6% | -17.1% |
| 2000 | 11.9% | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 10.6% | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 11.5% | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 11.5% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | -16.6% |
| 2006 | 8.4% | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 8.2% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 11.3% | +36.6% |
| 2009 | 17.9% | +58.7% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 21.4% | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 24.8% | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 26.1% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 24.5% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 22.1% | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | -12.2% |
| 2018 | 15.3% | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 13.1% | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 12.2% | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 11.3% | -7.0% |
| 2025 | 10.5% | -7.4% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 10.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.0%, 2.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Spain's 10.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.2%, 2.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rate,Percent in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +58.7% | 11.3% | 17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.0% | 13.6% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.1% | 8.2% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.5% | 14.1% | 26.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.9% | 10.5% | 15.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More reference data data for Spain
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 11.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.898 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 11.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 10.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 6.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.06 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 52.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.89 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Spain?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Spain was 10.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 26.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2007.
- How does Spain rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Spain ranks 7th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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