Public sector employees in Spain
Spain: Public sector employees was 3,549 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Public sector employees in Spain, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Spain recorded 3,549 for public sector employees in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public sector employees in Spain peaked at 3,560 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,446, in 2000.
That places Spain 14th out of 64 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Public sector employees in Spain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,446 | — |
| 2001 | 2,509 | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 2,619 | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 2,736 | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 2,841 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 2,917 | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 2,932 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 2,970 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 3,007 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 3,119 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 3,210 | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 3,277 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,112 | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 2,937 | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 2,926 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 2,975 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 3,001 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 3,029 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 3,151 | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 3,223 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 3,298 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 3,424 | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 3,467 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 3,523 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 3,560 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 3,549 | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,810 | 2,446 | 3,119 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,084 | 2,926 | 3,277 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,470 | 3,298 | 3,560 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 11 Philippines 4,289 compare
- 12 Poland 4,198 compare
- 13 Australia 3,649 compare
- 15 South Africa 2,776 compare
- 16 Ghana 2,686 compare
- 17 Bangladesh 2,526 compare
More work & labour data for Spain
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.527 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5576 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.4982 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1207 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 39,073 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,322 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 17,076 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 16,051 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 33,128 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public sector employees in Spain?
- Public sector employees in Spain was 3,549 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest public sector employees recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 3,560 in 2024.
- What is the lowest public sector employees recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,446 in 2000.
- How does Spain rank for public sector employees?
- Spain ranks 14th out of 64 countries with data for 2025.
- Is public sector employees rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Public sector employees. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Type of job contract refers to permanent versus temporary (i.e. short-term or casual) contracts. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.