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Unemployment dropped to 9.93% in Q4 2025, with over 605,000 new jobs created amid strong economic growth and a robust tourism sector, government data shows.
- Spain's unemployment rate fell below 10% in the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
- The service sector, including tourism contributing 13% of economic output, was the main driver of the decline.
- The leftist government aims to bring unemployment down to around 8% by the end of its term in 2027.
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Spain sees unemployment drop below 10% for first time in nearly 18 years
Spain ended 2025 with its unemployment rate below 10% for the first time since 2008, marking a major milestone in the country’s long‑running struggle with high joblessness. The latest figures from the Instituto Nacional de Empleo (INE) or National Employment Institute show the jobless rate stood at 9.93% in the final quarter of 2025, a significant drop from 10.45% three months earlier and the… Source
In Spain, the unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in 18 years.
Unemployment in Spain falls below 10 percent for first time in 18 years
The unemployment rate in Spain fell by just over half a percentage point to 9.93 percent by the end of 2025, according to new data from the Labour Force Survey recently published by Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE).
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Spain unemployment drops below 10% in first since 2008
Spain's historically stubborn unemployment fell below 10 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, official data showed on Tuesday, a first since the 2008 financial crisis.
Unemployment fell last year in Spain for the fifth consecutive year, thanks to the tug of the national economy, which was once again the most dynamic among the large ones in the Eurozone with an advance of 2.9%. The unemployment rate stood at 9.93%. It fell from the barrier of 10% for the first time since the beginning of the financial crisis, back in the first quarter of 2008, in a context in which household consumption and the investment of co…
The evolution of employment continues to give good news to Spain: the unemployment rate is at least below 10% for the first time since 2008. The Active Population Survey (EPA) of the fourth quarter of 2025 published on Tuesday indicates that the proportion of unemployed people to the total labour force is 9.93%, seven tenths below last year. The last time Spain reported a proportion of unemployment less than 10% was in the first quarter of 2008 …
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