The number of unemployed people dropped by 21,700 to 3.304 million, with the highest decreases seen in Andalucía (-63,900), Comunitat Valenciana (-27,800) and Comunidad de Madrid (-6,300). By age, most declines were seen for those aged 16-19 (-17,600); those aged 20-24 (-8,200) and those aged 25-54 (-30,300). On the other hand, unemployment among people aged with more than 55 went up by 34,400.
Employment increased by 36,600 thousand to 19.565 million. Job gains were registered in agriculture (+57,200), construction (+39,800) while the service (-43,000) and industry sector (-17,400) lost jobs. Employment in the public sector rose by 43,400 to 3.211 million while in the private dropped by 6,900 million to 16.354 million. Among regions, Andalucía (+57,500), Comunidad de Madrid (43,900) and Castilla – La Mancha (+12,400) added the most jobs.
The number of active people advanced by 14,900 thousand to 22.869 million.