Unemployment rate by age group Spain 2023

The unemployment rate of the youngest cohort in Spain peaked in 2013, when it reached 73.98 percent. In the same year, the unemployment rate of people aged 35 to 39 years was 22.7 percent, also the highest recorded since 2006. The 16-49 age group experienced an increase in the unemployment rate in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Spanish economy, but has since declined.

Unemployment rate in Spain from 2006 to 2023, by age group

Characteristic	16-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70 and over
2023	42.87%	25.5%	15.58%	11.88%	10.72%	9.23%	9.33%	9.94%	11.33%	11.55%	7.36%	3.36%
2022	45.88%	26.25%	16.65%	12.62%	11.59%	9.9%	9.88%	11.91%	11.4%	12.46%	6.36%	3.41%
2021	50.83%	31.55%	21.35%	15.12%	12.9%	11.13%	11.5%	12.21%	13.55%	13.27%	6.34%	2.21%
2020	54.33%	35.14%	22.91%	16.8%	14.12%	12.11%	12.36%	12.28%	12.5%	12.51%	6.32%	1.45%
2019	45.23%	29.77%	18.98%	13.91%	11.49%	11.46%	11.55%	12.49%	12.65%	12.63%	7.01%	0.8%
2018	49.74%	31.03%	20.36%	15.19%	12.84%	12.01%	12.87%	13.57%	13.81%	13.7%	5.68%	0.51%
2017	54.54%	35.22%	22.97%	16.65%	14.38%	13.96%	15.06%	15.21%	15.68%	14.62%	4.8%	1.6%
2016	60.01%	41.42%	25.6%	19.24%	16.59%	16.31%	16.98%	17.37%	17.52%	16.07%	4.68%	3.43%
2015	67.27%	44.59%	28.51%	21.67%	18.75%	18.26%	19.97%	18.92%	19.58%	16.65%	4.79%	1.56%
2014	68.56%	50.32%	30.33%	24.04%	21.1%	21.09%	21.74%	20.6%	21.47%	16.94%	6.09%	2.26%
2013	73.98%	51.78%	33.27%	25.89%	22.7%	22.55%	22.94%	21.3%	20.65%	18.74%	7.89%	1.08%
2012	72.55%	48.85%	31.49%	24.66%	21.62%	21.89%	21.23%	19.71%	18.95%	16.19%	4.96%	1.2%
2011	64.02%	42.33%	26.31%	21.29%	18.83%	18.92%	17.8%	16.21%	16.02%	13.34%	2.05%	2.08%
2010	61.26%	36.87%	24.69%	19.22%	18.13%	17.1%	15.82%	14.72%	15.07%	12.61%	3.07%	1.02%
2009	55.23%	33.26%	21.69%	17.11%	16.28%	15.17%	13.92%	12.71%	12.7%	10.94%	3.52%	0.6%
2008	39.38%	20.16%	13.33%	10.28%	9.59%	9.7%	8.51%	8.24%	7.65%	6.83%	3.23%	0.44%
2007	28.72%	14.97%	8.96%	7.38%	6.97%	6.71%	6.28%	6.4%	6.18%	5.57%	1.77%	0.73%
2006	29.11%	14.74%	10.07%	7.82%	7.11%	6.88%	5.8%	6.17%	6.2%	4.93%	2.15%	0.83%

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Release date

February 2024

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Spain

Survey time period

2006 to 2023

Special properties

annual average for the four quarters

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Unemployment according to International Labour Office (ILO) definition, which here refers to the total number unemployed. Unemployed persons who: - are without work; - are available to start work within the next two weeks; - and have been actively seeking work in the past four weeks or had already found a job to start within the next three months."

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