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Employment rate. By citizenship (08.30a)

Employment rate. Citizens who are nationals of the territory studied. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 80.7 76.7 81.1
Women 75.2 68.1 72.3
Total 78.0 72.4 76.7
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
Employment rate. EU-27 citizens without including nationals of the territory in question. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 83.0 79.4 83.9
Women 76.3 68.1 71.1
Total 79.6 73.6 77.5
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
Employment rate. Citizens of countries outside the EU-27. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 76.0 72.5 75.6
Women 55.2 54.9 53.1
Total 65.3 63.3 64.2
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.

Last update: February 18, 2025. Revised series on April 23, 2025.

EPA

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Economically Active Population Survey (EPA).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the share of the population aged 20 to 64 which are employed. Employed persons are defined as all persons who, during a reference week, worked at least one hour for pay or profit or were temporarily absent from such work.

The data is presented by citizenship, showing the shares for citizens of the reporting country, for EU-27 citizens without including nationals of the territory in question and for non-EU27 citizens.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.