Spain celebrates a new record of work in April with 21.58 million participants thanks to the Holy Week, and unemployment falls to the lowest figure over 17 years
If March, with huge rains and without a holy week, it was a good month for work, April could only go better. Social security added 230,993 branches more than March data (+1.1%), which marked the average 21 588 639 peopleIN Historical employment maximum in SpainAccording to data shown on Tuesday by the Ministry of inclusion, social security and migration.
The impetus of the sacred week was so marked by the hospitality, which the daily series gathered in eight days of the month. 21.6 million branches, All of them in the second two weeks. April 28, already outside the passionate week, 21.7 million quotesField
As for the same month a year ago, social security won 487,134 branches in medium valuesWith aminodated growth of 2.3%.
By sectors Hospitality Promotes 108.513 Quotes Regarding the previous month (+7.4%), followed, at the moment, by tradeC to 15 677 by a large number of branches (+0.6%) and activities administrativewhich added 15,343 employees (+1.1%).
Another positive fact of this fourth month of the year is given by the employment of women, who added 121,483 employees (+1.2%) to note New historical record 10 238 541 depositorS, a figure that represents 47.4% of the total number of branches (48.9% in the total mode).
In the case of men, the affiliation increased by 109,510, employed in April (+1%) until 11,350,098 quotes.
In terms DesaestationalThe number of social security participants is registered Monthly increase of 60 160 branches (+0.3%), which led the system to the new maximum 21 550 139 participantsThe field in the framework of the De -Couple series series last year created 483,358 jobs (+2.3%).
“Employment continues to grow and has more quality. The results of labor reform are undeniable, ”said the Minister of Inclusion, Social Support and Migration Elm Says. President of the government Pedro Sanchez, who emphasized several of these record numbers, also told about it and added that “Spain works.”
Unemployment, another record in minimal
On the other hand, unemployment returned to go down last month in 67 420 people and the amount of unemployment registered in the offices of the State Employment Service (SEPE) at the end of April was 2.512,718The lowest figure since July 2008, at the beginning of the crisis of a real estate bubble, according to data also shown on Tuesday by the Ministry of Employment.
As a positive addition, low unemployment in all autonomous communities emphasizes the fall in the unemployment of young people up to 25 years, which falls into 20,095 people (-10.17%) compared to the previous month and Multiply the rhythm of the descent by five From other age groups. The total number of registered youth is 177,429 people, which is the youngest of the historical series in April.
In addition to the list of records, a male blow also notes Vekho when you first go down since the million since March 2008 and in 997 231 unemployed. As for women, at the end of the fourth month of 2025, the total number was in 1 515 487 unemployed.
The Minister of Labor, Ilanda Diaz, also brought out of these numbers breasts, although she assures that it was not formed: “There are more than two million unemployment, many tasks,” and sent a message to regional leaders, he says that “he would like to hear that the data is good and admit that“ the government is creating this government ”.
