Registered unemployment fell by 16,291 people in December, a 0.7% decrease compared to November. Meanwhile, Social Security affiliation rose by 19,180 workers—a moderate increase for a month that usually sees some of the year’s largest gains due to the Christmas season. With these figures, the total number of unemployed people stood at 2,408,670, while the number of contributors reached 21,844,414. The drop in unemployment in December was primarily driven by…

The unemployment rate for people over 55 stood at 9.8% in 2025, 0.4 percentage points higher than the rate recorded for the over-25 age bracket. Historically, this age group has shown lower levels of unemployment than the rest of the workforce, according to the latest analysis by the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie) in their publication Esenciales, which tracks trends since 1980. However, this barrier…

The unemployment rate for the euro area dropped by one-tenth of a percentage point in July, to 6.2%, while the rate for the European Union also fell by one-tenth, settling at 5.9%. These figures, published by Eurostat, show Spain with the highest level of unemployment among the 27 member states, with a rate of 10.4% for the second consecutive month. Eurostat’s data indicates that 13 million people were unemployed in…

Two years ago, the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, committed to publishing detailed data on the actual situation of inactive fixed-discontinuous workers. She never did. Since the labor reform came into effect, one of its recurring controversies has been the role these fixed-discontinuous workers play in the evolution of the labour market. We are talking about a type of indefinite contract linked to occasional activities, sometimes lasting only a few…