"Immigrants take jobs"
If they took jobs, they'd have lower unemployment. Not higher. No
Spanish unemployment
10.32%
Foreign unemployment
16.74%
+6.42 pp more unemployment in the foreign population.
LFS data (2024).
About this data
- • Data from the Labour Force Survey (EPA)
- • Unemployment rate = Unemployed / Active × 100
- • Annual average calculated from quarterly data
- • The unemployment rate measures joblessness, not labour market competition
- • Data shows unemployment rates, not causal relationships about labour market competition.
Comparative evolution
Source: INE — EPA (tabla 66057)
Detailed data
| Year | Spanish unemployment | Foreign unemployment | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.32% | 16.74% | +6.42 pp |
| 2023 | 11.19% | 17.7% | +6.51 pp |
| 2022 | 11.97% | 19.41% | +7.44 pp |
| 2021 | 13.64% | 23.05% | +9.41 pp |
| 2020 | 14.11% | 24.61% | +10.5 pp |
| 2019 | 13.2% | 20.11% | +6.91 pp |
| 2018 | 14.32% | 21.89% | +7.57 pp |
| 2017 | 16.32% | 23.84% | +7.52 pp |
| 2016 | 18.69% | 26.64% | +7.95 pp |
| 2015 | 20.91% | 30.46% | +9.55 pp |
| 2014 | 23.03% | 34.5% | +11.47 pp |
| 2013 | 24.43% | 37.02% | +12.59 pp |
| 2012 | 22.97% | 35.94% | +12.97 pp |
| 2011 | 19.48% | 32.6% | +13.12 pp |
| 2010 | 18.08% | 29.95% | +11.87 pp |
| 2009 | 15.99% | 28.25% | +12.26 pp |
| 2008 | 10.17% | 17.44% | +7.27 pp |
| 2007 | 7.6% | 12.18% | +4.58 pp |
| 2006 | 7.98% | 11.77% | +3.79 pp |