EPA: Spain earns 69,400 employed in the worst third quarter in six years

The number of employed persons increased by 69,400 people during the third quarter of the year, to 19,874,300 workers, in the worst evolution for this quarter of the last six years, since 2013 .

According to data from the Active Population Survey (EPA) published Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of unemployed decreased by 16,200 people in the third quarter, which is the worst figure for this period since 2012 , when it increased.

This decrease places the number of unemployed at 3,214,400 , which reduces the unemployment rate by one tenth to 13.92%, down from 14% for the first time in ten years.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

• Unemployment
• economy

LaborMore than half of Basque unemployed over 45 years

Employment Employment records its lowest rise since 2013

LaborA generational hole the size of Barcelona: the labor market has lost 1.7 million young people since 2007