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Labor Force Participation Rate for Spain, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
57.41%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +15.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Spain was 57.41% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 59.40% in 2012. The lowest was 49.74% in 1991 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.40% per year.
Spain ranks 125 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Spain sits below it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
57.41%
First (1990)
49.86%
Change
+15.1%
Highest
59.40%
in 2012
Lowest
49.74%
in 1991
Average
55.42%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.40%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.41% |
| 2024 | 57.84% |
| 2023 | 57.59% |
| 2022 | 57.57% |
| 2021 | 57.27% |
| 2020 | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 57.63% |
| 2018 | 57.63% |
| 2017 | 58.05% |
| 2016 | 58.33% |
| 2015 | 58.62% |
| 2014 | 58.73% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.