Bankinter | The number of unemployed people rose by 3,548 in February, from 30,392 in January. Unemployment stands at 2.44 million people (up 0.15% month-on-month and down 5.8% year-on-year). Social Security affiliates: 21.6 million (up 97,000 people, up 0.45% month-on-month and up 2.2% year-on-year). Seasonally adjusted Social Security enrolment stands at 21.9 million people (up 45,200 workers, 0.21% month-on-month). Analysis team’s view: The number of unemployed rose slightly in February,…

Unemployment rose in February, and in 10 provinces there are now more people receiving unemployment benefits than there are registered unemployed individuals. Contrary to the previous two years, unemployment rose in February by 3,584 people. The performance across autonomous communities was uneven, with significant increases in regions like Aragon, Madrid, and Cantabria, and notable decreases in the Balearic Islands, Asturias, and the Basque Country. In the annual calculation, unemployment continues…

According to the Labor Force Survey (EPA), released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of employed persons in Spain increased by 76,200 in Q4 2025 compared to the previous quarter, reaching a total of 22,463,300 people. In seasonally adjusted terms, the quarterly variation rate for Q4 2025 was 0.90%, while employment grew by 605,400 people year-on-year. Simultaneously, during the quarter under review, unemployment fell by 136,100 people, totalling…

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…