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Unemployment rate in Spain

How hard is it to have a job there?

Spain's unemployment rate is 10.38 % — #106 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

10.38%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Spain over time

26.09 %17.16 %8.23 %26.09 % · 20138.23 % · 20072000: 13.79 %2001: 10.35 %2002: 11.15 %2003: 11.28 %2004: 11.09 %2005: 9.15 %2006: 8.45 %2007: 8.23 %2008: 11.25 %2009: 17.86 %2010: 19.86 %2011: 21.39 %2012: 24.79 %2013: 26.09 %2014: 24.44 %2015: 22.06 %2016: 19.64 %2017: 17.22 %2018: 15.26 %2019: 14.10 %2020: 15.53 %2021: 14.91 %2022: 13.03 %2023: 12.18 %2024: 11.40 %2025: 10.38 %20002012202510.38 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#106 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
15 %
18 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.02 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
15.72 pp
peak 26.09 % in 2013
Full series
▼ 3.41 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #34 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +5.12 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Spain: ahead of 15 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentSpain 10.38 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Spain is ahead of 15 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Spain
104 Finland9.46 %−0.91 pp
105 Ukraine9.83 %−0.54 pp
106 Spain10.38 %—
107 Nepal10.46 %+0.09 pp
108 Lebanon10.98 %+0.61 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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