A total of 64.5% of graduates from Catalan universities in the school year 2023/2024 were working in Catalonia one year after graduating, and among graduates who resided in Catalonia the percentage stood at 72.4%.
Data from April 2025 to June 2026 were revised following the publication of the results of the Economically Active Population Survey corresponding to the second quarter of 2026.
In the second quarter of 2026, 48.8% of companies in Catalonia report that the conflict in the Middle East is affecting their business situation: 40.0% have already been affected and 8.8% will be affected shortly.
The employed population in Catalonia grew by 1.3% year over year in the second quarter of 2026. The unemployment rate stood at 7.90%, with a total of 343,000 unemployed people (5,300 people less than the previous year, with a decrease of 1.5%).
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