Labour force magnitudes: working-age, active, employed, unemployed
- Workforce, education and talent
- The labor force, in numbers
- Audited
According to Statistical Bulletin ENEIC No. 1 from the National Statistics Institute (INE), with April–June 2025 as its reference period, the working-age population (15 and over) is 12,531,809; the economically active population (PEA) totals 8,217,059; the employed population, 8,036,086; and the openly unemployed population, 180,973. These are survey estimates with 95% confidence intervals: the PEA, for example, falls between 8,132,307 and 8,301,811, and open unemployment between 163,109 and 198,837. The derived rates (participation, unemployment, informality, underemployment) already form part of the verified file as eneic_* indicators; these absolute figures from the 2025 bulletin remain pending verification.
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Figures
- Working-age population (PET, 15+)
- 12,531,809 (95% CI: 12,472,064–12,591,554)
- Economically active population (PEA)
- 8,217,059 (95% CI: 8,132,307–8,301,811)
- Employed population (PO)
- 8,036,086 (95% CI: 7,951,358–8,120,814)
- Openly unemployed population (PDA)
- 180,973 (95% CI: 163,109–198,837)
Caveat
Sources
Related records
- The labour force by sex: men and women
- Indigenous peoples' share of the working-age and active population
- Participation, unemployment, underemployment and informality rates 2024–2025
- Average monthly labour income and the urban-rural gap
- Informality and unemployment by territorial domain and sex
- Sectoral structure of employment: agriculture, manufacturing, services
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