Spain: PES unemployed numbers 2017-2023

In January 2023, the number of unemployed people registered for the Public Employment Service of Spain (PES) reached 2.91 million, down from over 3.1 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 January 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of unemployed in thousands
Jan '23	2,908.4
Dec '22	2,837.65
Nov '22	2,881.38
Oct '22	2,914.89
Sep '22	2,941.92
Aug '22	2,924.24
Jul '22	2,883.81
Jun '22	2,880.58
May '22	2,922.99
Apr '22	3,022.5
Mar '22	3,108.76
Feb '22	3,111.68
Jan '22	3,123.08
Dec '21	3,105.91
Nov '21	3,182.69
Oct '21	3,257.07
Sep '21	3,257.8
Aug '21	3,333.92
Jul '21	3,416.5
Jun '21	3,614.34
May '21	3,781.25
Apr '21	3,910.63
Mar '21	3,949.64
Feb '21	4,008.79
Jan '21	3,964.35
Dec '20	3,888.14
Nov '20	3,851.31
Oct '20	3,826.04
Sep '20	3,776.49
Aug '20	3,802.81
Jul '20	3,773.03
Jun '20	3,862.88
May '20	3,857.8
Apr '20	3,831.2
Mar '20	3,548.3
Feb '20	3,246
Jan '20	3,253.9
Dec '19	3,163.6
Nov '19	3,198.2
Oct '19	3,177.7
Sep '19	3,079.7
Aug '19	3,065.8
Jul '19	3,011.4
Jun '19	3,015.7
May '19	3,079.5
Apr '19	3,163.6
Mar '19	3,255.1
Feb '19	3,289
Jan '19	3,285.7
Dec '18	3,202.3
Nov '18	3,252.9
Oct '18	3,254.7
Sep '18	3,202.5
Aug '18	3,182.1
Jul '18	3,135
Jun '18	3,162.2
May '18	3,252.13
Apr '18	3,335.87
Mar '18	3,422.55
Feb '18	3,470.25
Jan '18	3,476.53
Dec '17	3,412.78
Nov '17	3,474.28
Oct '17	3,467.03
Sep '17	3,410.18
Aug '17	3,382.32
Jul '17	3,335.92
Jun '17	3,362.81
May '17	3,461.13
Apr '17	3,573.04
Mar '17	3,702.32
Feb '17	3,750.88
Jan '17	3,760.23

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

Spain

Survey time period

January 2017 to January 2023

Age group

14 years and older

Supplementary notes

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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