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)
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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INE (Spain). (January 26, 2024). Number of unemployed people in Spain from 1st quarter 2005 to 4th quarter 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/453374/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
INE (Spain). "Number of unemployed people in Spain from 1st quarter 2005 to 4th quarter 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 26, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/453374/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
INE (Spain). (2024). Number of unemployed people in Spain from 1st quarter 2005 to 4th quarter 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/453374/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
INE (Spain). "Number of Unemployed People in Spain from 1st Quarter 2005 to 4th Quarter 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/453374/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
INE (Spain), Number of unemployed people in Spain from 1st quarter 2005 to 4th quarter 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/453374/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Number of unemployed people in Spain from 1st quarter 2005 to 4th quarter 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], INE (Spain), January 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/453374/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/