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Spain: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1933–2025 · 90 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
10.5%percent
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 11.3%
Average, 2016–2025
14.4%10 years
Record high and low
26.1% (2013)low 0.70% (1958)

Unemployment rate

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0%5%10%15%20%25%30%19401960198020002020SpainSpain
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20319.96Forecast
20309.96Forecast
20299.92Forecast
20289.88Forecast
20279.60Forecast
202610.5Forecast
202510.5
202411.3
202312.2
202213.0
202114.9
202015.5
201914.1
201815.3
201717.2
201619.6

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1933–2020
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1969–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1977–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1987–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • Eurostat2009–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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