Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Alicante/Alacant
Alicante/Alacant: Labour market - FUAs — Employment was 173,238 Persons in 2014. ▲ Rising
Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Alicante/Alacant, 2000–2014
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
In 2014, labour market - fuas — employment in Alicante/Alacant stood at 173,238 Persons.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — employment in Alicante/Alacant peaked at 207,165 Persons in 2008 and was at its lowest, 143,598 Persons, in 2000.
Alicante/Alacant ranks 404th of 572 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Alicante/Alacant, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 143,598 Persons | — |
| 2001 | 153,092 Persons | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 160,246 Persons | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 166,295 Persons | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 184,337 Persons | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 193,410 Persons | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 204,167 Persons | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 206,034 Persons | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 207,165 Persons | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 196,251 Persons | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 184,889 Persons | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 179,024 Persons | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 170,634 Persons | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 169,951 Persons | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 173,238 Persons | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 181,460 Persons | 143,598 Persons | 207,165 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 175,547 Persons | 169,951 Persons | 184,889 Persons | 5 |
More work & labour data for Alicante/Alacant
- Labour market - FUAs — Labour force 234,202 Persons (2014)
- Economy - FUAs — Employment at place of work 192,174 Persons (2022)
- Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 768.1 (2023)
- Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 60,500 (2023)
- Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 68,661 (2020)
- Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 68,722 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labour market - fuas — employment in Alicante/Alacant?
- Labour market - fuas — employment in Alicante/Alacant was 173,238 Persons in 2014, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Alicante/Alacant?
- The highest recorded value was 207,165 Persons in 2008.
- What is the lowest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Alicante/Alacant?
- The lowest recorded value was 143,598 Persons in 2000.
- How does Alicante/Alacant rank for labour market - fuas — employment?
- Alicante/Alacant ranks 404th out of 572 regions with data for 2014.
- Is labour market - fuas — employment rising or falling in Alicante/Alacant?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Alicante/Alacant data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate. Data sources and methodology When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data (European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023). FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution. When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (US Bureau of Labor Statistics), and then aggregated by FUA. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Labour market - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org