Spain: quarterly unemployment 2005-2023

During 2020, the quarter that experienced the lowest number of unemployed people was the first one, before the outbreak of the pandemic, during which the amount of people without a job amounted to approximately 3.7 million. Afterwards, unemployment receded, and in the last quarter of 2023 the number of jobless people totaled 2.8 million. Spain saw the peak of jobless population during the first quarter of 2013, when people without work accounted for more than six million, which equated to an unemployment rate of 27 percent.

Number of unemployed people in Spain from 1st quarter 2005 to 4th quarter 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of unemployed people in thousands
Q4 2023	2,830.6
Q3 2023	2,855.2
Q2 2023	2,762.5
Q1 2023	3,127.8
Q4 2022	3,024
Q3 2022	2,980.2
Q2 2022	2,919.4
Q1 2022	3,174.7
Q4 2021	3,103.8
Q3 2021	3,416.7
Q2 2021	3,543.8
Q1 2021	3,653.9
Q4 2020	3,719.8
Q3 2020	3,722.9
Q2 2020	3,368
Q1 2020	3,313
Q4 2019	3,191.9
Q3 2019	3,214.4
Q2 2019	3,230.6
Q1 2019	3,354.2
Q4 2018	3,304.3
Q3 2018	3,326
Q2 2018	3,490.1
Q1 2018	3,796.1
Q4 2017	3,766.7
Q3 2017	3,731.7
Q2 2017	3,914.3
Q1 2017	4,255
Q4 2016	4,237.8
Q3 2016	4,320.8
Q2 2016	4,574.7
Q1 2016	4,791.4
Q4 2015	4,779.5
Q3 2015	4,850.8
Q2 2015	5,149
Q1 2015	5,444.6
Q4 2014	5,457.7
Q3 2014	5,427.7
Q2 2014	5,622.9
Q1 2014	5,933.3
Q4 2013	5,935.6
Q3 2013	5,943.4
Q2 2013	6,047.3
Q1 2013	6,278.2
Q4 2012	6,021
Q3 2012	5,824.2
Q2 2012	5,731
Q1 2012	5,667.9
Q4 2011	5,287.3
Q3 2011	4,998
Q2 2011	4,844.2
Q1 2011	4,921.2
Q4 2010	4,702.2
Q3 2010	4,585.4
Q2 2010	4,655.3
Q1 2010	4,617.7
Q4 2009	4,335
Q3 2009	4,121.4
Q2 2009	4,139.6
Q1 2009	4,018.2
Q4 2008	3,206.8
Q3 2008	2,600.7
Q2 2008	2,385.7
Q1 2008	2,190.5
Q4 2007	1,942
Q3 2007	1,806.2
Q2 2007	1,773.2
Q1 2007	1,863.2
Q4 2006	1,819.4
Q3 2006	1,766.9
Q2 2006	1,834.4
Q1 2006	1,942.8
Q4 2005	1,860.3
Q3 2005	1,783.5
Q2 2005	1,969.1
Q1 2005	2,121.3

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January 2024

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Survey time period

Q1 2005 to Q4 2023

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "The Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) has been conducted since 1964. The methodology currently in force is that of 2005. It is a quarterly continuous research focusing on families, whose main purpose is obtaining data on workforce and its several categories (employed, unemployed), as well as on population out of the labour force (economically inactive population). The initial sample is about 65,000 families per quarter, which equals approximately 180,000 persons."

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