Spain Unemployment Rate

Neueste Zahlen

Die letzte Veröffentlichung, für Q3, erschien am 2026-10-27 und lag bei 10.18%. Das liegt über dem Konsens von 9.9%. Das ist mehr als 9.87% beim letzten Mal.

A higher unemployment rate than expected points to a weakening labour market: the euro tends to soften as markets price in lower rates.

In den letzten 7 Veröffentlichungen lag der Wert zwischen 9.93% und 11.36%, im Schnitt 10.52%.

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Warum es wichtig ist

Full employment is part of most central banks' mandate. A falling unemployment rate means a tighter labour market, faster wage growth and more inflation pressure, which can keep the European Central Bank (with the Banco de España) hawkish; a rising rate is one of the clearest recession signals (the US "Sahm rule" flags a 0.5-point rise in the three-month average).

So wird gerechnet

the National Statistics Institute (INE) usually runs a household survey: people are counted as unemployed if they had no work, were available and looked for a job recently. The rate is unemployed ÷ (employed + unemployed). Registered jobless and claimant counts instead count people signed on for benefits. Participation is the labour force ÷ working-age population.

Unemployment rate = unemployed ÷ labour force × 100
Labour force = employed + unemployed

Was Veränderungen bedeuten

• A lower rate than expected usually supports the euro.
• Check participation: unemployment can fall because people stop looking, which is not good news.
• Broader measures (US U-6) include part-timers who want more hours.

Eine kurze Geschichte

Systematic unemployment statistics began in the 1930s Depression; the International Labour Organization's definition, adopted in 1982, is used by most countries today.

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