In April 2024, the number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) reached over 2.66 million, down from over 2.79 million in the same month of the previous year. The largest figure since 2017 was registered in February 2021, when over four million people had no job in the Iberian country.
Number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) from January 2017 to April 2024
(in 1,000s)
The source defines unemployed as people 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."
To see the number of unemployed according to the Economically Active Population Survey carried out by INE click here.
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Ministry of Labor and Immigration (Spain). (May 6, 2024). Number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) from January 2017 to April 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/453706/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
Ministry of Labor and Immigration (Spain). "Number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) from January 2017 to April 2024 (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/453706/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
Ministry of Labor and Immigration (Spain). (2024). Number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) from January 2017 to April 2024 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/453706/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
Ministry of Labor and Immigration (Spain). "Number of Unemployed People Registered for The Public Employment Service of Spain (Pes) from January 2017 to April 2024 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/453706/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/
Ministry of Labor and Immigration (Spain), Number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) from January 2017 to April 2024 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/453706/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) from January 2017 to April 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ministry of Labor and Immigration (Spain), May 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/453706/number-of-unemployed-in-spain/