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Portugal vs Spain: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Portugal's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 6.16, compared to Spain's 10.38. That makes Portugal's value 40.6% lower than Spain's.

Portugal

Rank #70 of 182 globally

Portugal trend
Latest (2025)
6.16
Year-over-year
-5.2%
10-year change
-50.3%
Peak
16.24 (2013)
Trough
6.14 (2022)

Spain

Rank #34 of 182 globally

Spain trend
Latest (2025)
10.38
Year-over-year
-9.0%
10-year change
-53.0%
Peak
26.09 (2013)
Trough
8.23 (2007)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.